This was a game defined by a very modern red card.

Unlikely to have been given as a foul 30 years ago, Illia Zabarnyi’s challenge on Rayan Ait-Nouri was deemed a yellow card by referee Mike Salisbury, but he was sent to the monitor by the VAR and upgraded it to a red.

It will sit uncomfortably with some of those who have been watching the game for decades, but winning the ball no longer protects players from being sent off.

Opinions will certainly be divided on whether the challenge deserved a straight red, but it almost certainly will not be rescinded in the unlikely event of a Bournemouth appeal.

It proved the defining moment in the game, and it could prove a decisive moment for Wolves, Ipswich and Leicester in the relegation battle, and in Bournemouth’s bid for a top-four finish.