GARY O’Neil insists Cherries moving out of the relegation zone “doesn’t impact me psychologically” after his side climbed up the table on Saturday.

Following a run of seven Premier League games without victory, and having picked up just five points from a possible 36, Cherries tumbled down to 19th position.

But they hauled themselves out of the bottom three with 15 games remaining, winning 1-0 at fellow relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers thanks to a Marcus Tavernier goal.

Cherries leapfrogged both Leeds United and West Ham United to go into 17th, with Southampton still bottom.

“It doesn't impact me psychologically,” O’Neil said, when asked how big a boost it was to move the right side of the dotted line.

“My aim is to obviously make sure we're out of the bottom three at the end of the season and to finish as high up as we can.

“So where we are at this moment obviously increases or decreases your chances of that.

“So I understand it. But yes, we needed to win (against Wolves). So wherever we are in the league after winning is irrelevant, really.

“We had to come and win. We did.

“We knew that the draws that we picked up recently were decent results that stopped losing runs, but a win was needed.

“We could have got it against Newcastle. To be fair to the boys, they put in a big shift (on Saturday) to make sure that we did get it.”

The win at Molineux was Cherries’ first victory since O’Neil moved from interim to permanent head coach in November.

Asked if there was a feeling of relief to finally turn a performance into a win, O’Neil said: “No. It feels like I've got a big game next week that I need to win as well, so that'll be the same probably after every game.

“Regardless of the result (against Wolves), we need to try and win the next one, so it feels the same as it has done the last week.

“Obviously delighted to get the win, delighted for the lads, because they've suffered some late goals recently and I've had to come out and tell people that performances were good.

“And not many people believe you when you've lost or conceded a late goal and drawn because there's obviously some negativity surrounded by the emotion and stuff that goes with it.

“But hopefully I don't have to sell it too much (this time). I think you can see what the boys put in and they got what they've deserved for their recent work and recent efforts.

“I'm looking forward to another week's work and seeing if we can win again next week.”

Cherries host champions Manchester City on Saturday (5.30pm).