Sheffield United players have been reduced to fighting amongst themselves as they slumped to another damaging Premier League defeat in a 1-0 reverse at Wolves.
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Teammates Jack Robinson and Vini Souza clashed in the first half with the ill-disciplined Blades left rooted to the bottom of the table following the narrow loss on Sunday (Monday AEDT).
The pair squared up with the visitors already behind to Pablo Sarabia's first-half header and they will need to channel any further fighting spirit into a survival bid which looks increasingly doomed.
Chris Wilder's side are eight points from safety and another poor performance offered no hope for their chances.
In contrast, the victory was Wolves' first top-flight win at Molineux this year and lifted the hosts to eighth as they maintain a surprise European challenge.
They are a point behind Brighton in seventh as Gary O'Neil's men continue to impress and dismiss the predictions of a season of struggle.
Wolves, though, were not at their best at Molineux but did not have to be to beat the Blades.
In December, Wilder had called for his players to "swing some punches" in the battle against relegation - though he would not have expected them to take his words so literally.
VAR gave the two combatants a pass but the Blades had lost their discipline and needed halftime to regroup.
They did manage to put Wolves under mild pressure but there was never a sense Wilder's side would equalise.
Australian Associated Press
