Igor Jesus' first Premier League goal condemned winless Wolves to another defeat as Nottingham Forest edged a poor game at Molineux.

The forward's sixth of the season was enough for Sean Dyche's side to recover immediately from Sunday's home defeat by Brighton.

Defeat means rock-bottom Wolves have just two points, and the joint-worst record in Premier League history, with Sheffield United, after 14 games.

They are yet to win in the top flight - with their last league victory coming in April - and are cut adrift at the foot of the table, 12 points from the safety line, after seven straight league defeats.

Boss Rob Edwards said: "We're in the position we're in now. We don't want to die like that. So that's probably going to be the message now going forward. We don't want to go out with a whimper. In the first half, that's how it felt.

"I asked the players at half-time: 'Are you scared?' No was the answer and we saw a response. I know we conceded in the second half but I feel the game was lost in the first half. We didn't show any of the things I want from my team and that hurts.

"It looked bleak before we arrived. We didn't do our job tonight so we can't expect anyone else to give us any help."

Forest remain 16th, four points above the bottom three, and always looked the likely victors.

Igor Jesus ended his wait for a Premier League goal despite having a first-half opener disallowed after a video assistant referee review, with Dan Ndoye clearly standing in front of, and impeding, goalkeeper Sam Johnstone.

Even so, it took VAR and referee Tim Robinson five minutes and 33 seconds to make a decision.

The goal, a second-half header from Omari Hutchinson's cross, came after Johnstone had denied Neco Williams and Hutchinson.

Despite victory, Forest boss Sean Dyche was critical about the VAR delay and the need for officials to announce their decision, with referee Robinson addressing the crowd as part of a directive this season.

"I don't understand talking to the crowd and I just think it's a waste. It's already taken forever. Just call it and get on with it," Dyche said.

"They tell me, all the stakeholders wanted it. I'd love to know who those stakeholders are, because I speak to the managers and they go: 'We didn't want it.'

"Referees have a hard job and I think they do a great job overall. Why put them under more pressure? It's not natural for everyone to want to speak in front of 20, 40, 50, 60, 70,000, people. So why put that on their plate as well?

"Give them a chance to breathe and get their job done without layering up more and more on top."

It felt like the game when hope left Molineux.

At full-time, Andre lay flat on the pitch while Tolu Arokodare stood with his hands on his hips and there were barely any fans left in the stadium.

Coming into the match, there was a belief Wolves had improved in their two games under Rob Edwards but victory against Nottingham Forest was imperative to give them hope of survival.

Yet, despite plenty of effort, there was little quality again and they fell to a 12th defeat in 14 games and a seventh straight Premier League loss.

Wolves are cut adrift and a huge 12 points from Leeds in 17th with little prospect of catching those above and talk of survival is fanciful in the extreme.

Such was the malaise at Molineux even Forest's Morgan Gibbs-White - a usual target for Wolves fans - did not get his regular level of abuse on his return to his former club.

Forest, on paper, was Wolves best chance of winning this month with Manchester United twice, Arsenal, Brentford and Liverpool to come before the end of the year.

Derby had six points at this stage on their way to finishing with a Premier League low of 11 points in 2007-08 - and so Wolves, with just two, remain on course to set a new unwanted record.

Igor Jesus has needed patience since joining from Botafogo in the summer but is showing it is a virtue.

With Chris Wood injured and without a Premier League goal since the opening day, Forest need someone to score to keep them out of danger.

On his sixth Premier League start, Igor Jesus finally got his goal - adding to the five he has netted in the Carabao Cup and Europa League.

He has been a danger and can clearly finish but desperately needed a goal in the top flight, which came after having one ruled out in the first half at Molineux.

At £10m, the striker could prove to be one of the bargains of the season if he gets the goals to keep Forest up after their nightmare start.

Even Botafogo owner John Textor was asked why he let the forward go so cheaply.

Forest spent £180m in the summer - eventually handing a full Premier League debut to record signing Omari Hutchison at Molineux - and Igor Jesus may prove the best value among that outlay.

Wolves host Manchester United on 8 December (20:00 GMT) before travelling to leaders Arsenal on 13 December (20:00 GMT).

Nottingham Forest go to Sean Dyche's former club Everton on Saturday (15:00 GMT) before travelling to Utrecht in the Europa League next Thursday (17:45 GMT).