LAMBERT RELIEVED AFTER ANDY WIN

WOLVES eased their relegation worries with a nervy win over Rotherham, whose miserable season has entered record-breaking territory.

Andreas Weimann’s goal in first-half injury time was enough for Paul Lambert’s side to win their first game in eight and remain a point above the drop zone.

But it was a scratchy performance from Wolves, who missed a penalty in the first half – but the result was the most important thing.

For Rotherham, this was their 28th defeat of a horrid campaign, breaking their club-record for a 46-game season, while an 18th away loss also equals their worst previous effort.

Danny Ward missed a superb chance to put Rotherham ahead when he was sent clean through by Tom Adeyemi but did not show any conviction and shot tamely at Carl Ikeme.

It was an abject start from the hosts, whose supporters were getting on their backs,ø and they missed a golden chance to take an undeserved lead 10 minutes before the break when Millers defender Joe Mattock chopped down Helder Costa but the Portuguese striker saw Lewis Price save his penalty.

Rotherham’s reprieve did not last long, though, as Wolves went in front on the stroke of half-time when Weimann got in front of Semi Ajayi, rounded Price and rolled the ball into the empty net.

The second half saw little goalmouth action at either end. Conor Coady almost made the game safe but he drilled just over after a swift counter-attack.

In response, Ajayi somehow put the ball over from inside the six-yard box.

Wolves boss Lambert said: “We have played really well in a lot of games and come away with nothing. We never played well today, it was the worst we have played for a while, but we got the win.”

Rotherham interim boss Paul Warne said: “I thought the performance was very good. We created three really good chances and the one right at the end would have got us a good point on the road.”