Analysis: Awful Villa now looking over their shoulders
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The sight of Ezri Konsa rowing with the travelling Aston Villa fans underlined their current problems.
Frustration is boiling over, with two wins from their past seven Premier League games derailing their quest to return to the Champions League.
Defeat at Wolves will go down as one of their worst performances under Unai Emery.
They have the top four within their grasp and victory over Wolves - before hosting rivals Chelsea on Wednesday - would have edged them closer and kept the chasing pack at bay.
Instead, Manchester United will leapfrog them on goal difference if they beat Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on Sunday.
It is a worrying loss of form - sparked by the injuries to Boubacar Kamara, John McGinn and Youri Tielemans - and shows the lack of depth to Villa's squad.
The players were also clearly unhappy with each other, with Konsa and Amadou Onana gesturing to Emi Buendia to leave the pitch quicker when he was substituted.
Emery brought up his winless record at Molineux unprompted on Thursday, a sign it was irritating him, and he was clearly frustrated as he paced his technical area on Friday night.
He will now be fuming over the weekend as he watches powerless as their Champions League rivals try to close the gap.