Wolves boss Mick McCarthy was a relieved man after their 2-1 win over QPR.
The visitors were trailing to Bobby Zamora's strike but were given a route back into the match when Djibril Cisse saw red for his reaction to a heavy challenge from Roger Johnson.
Second-half goals from Matt Jarvis and Kevin Doyle turned the game on its head before Wolves goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey produced a string of late saves to preserve his side's lead.
On Cisse's red card, he added: "You know me and my sentiments towards football now. That for me wasn't a sending off when I played.
"But it is and the sending off is because you can't grab anybody by the face because it's not allowed any more.
"He was playing well so he's made a mistake and cost his team. And it did because the extra man paid dividends. We weren't having too much of the good luck so one man's mistake has given us the opportunity to win a game."McCarthy said: "I've been under pressure for the last 20 games as I've only won two of them. I was under no more pressure from Wednesday night than I've been for the last 20 games.
