Wolves 2 (Ebanks-Blake 11, Konstantopoulos OG 81)
Cardiff City 2 (Chopra 31, Johnson 48)
A bizarre own goal by debut keeper Dimi Konstantopoulos gave Wolves the point they deserved from a helter skelter game against Cardiff City.
After Sylvan Ebanks-Blake had netted his 21st goal of the campaign to give Wolves the lead, City hit back to take the advantage. But with time running out for the home side Konstantopoulos gifted Wolves a point.
Mick McCarthy made three changes to his team with Dave Edwards, Jody Craddock and Andy Keogh coming in for Nigel Quashie, Richard Stearman and Sam Vokes respectively.
The Cardiff team, managed by former Molineux boss Dave Jones, had ex-Wulfs Mark Kennedy, Jay Bothroyd and Gabor Gyepes in their starting line-up. And on the bench were fitness coach Alex Armstrong and former Molineux defender Sean Connolly who is now the Welsh side's physio.
City kicked-off attacking the North Bank end but the first chance fell to Wolves with the woodwork denying them the lead.Keogh's pass left Matt Jarvis with a run on goal but Gyepes got a foot in to divert the ball for corner.
Michael Kightly's flag-kick was only half cleared and when he regained possession his low cross found Keogh whose shot rolled against the inside of the far post and bounced behind Ebanks-Blake before being booted clear.
Michael Chopra volleyed wide from the right-hand corner of the area with Cardiff's first attempt but Wolves maintained the pressure and took the lead with 11 minutes gone.
Kennedy was penalised for a push on Kightly who worked a clever short free-kick with Kevin Foley and powered towards the Cardiff area before finding Jarvis. The winger lifted the ball into the six-yard box and Ebanks-Blake ran in to send a header past Konstantopoulos (pictured).
Stephen Ward fired over the bar after he had exchanged passes with Jarvis and advanced to the edge of the box, and then Craddock was harshly penalised for a challenge on Bothroyd. Christophe Berra headed Ross McCormack's free-kick behind for a corner - taken by McCormack and cleared by Foley.
In the 29th minute Wolves were within an ace of a second goal. Keogh slipped the ball through to Ebanks-Blake whose angled shot was pushed out by Konstantopoulos. Keogh ran in and looked a certain scorer but the Greek keeper somehow managed to deflect the ball over the bar.
To compound the situation, within two minutes City drew level. Paul Parry ran in from the right along the by-line and he pulled the ball back for Michael Chopra who found the net from eight-yards with a low shot.
A minute later Bothroyd limped off to be replaced by Chris Burke.
Ebanks-Blake out-muscled a pair of challenges before he found Jarvis whose shot from the 18-yard line was way too high.
But Cardiff almost took the lead five minutes before the break when McCormack looked destined to convert Chopra's low cross until Wayne Hennessey managed to divert the ball away.
Just before the break Konstantopoulos pawed away a Jarvis cross as Kightly looked set to capitalise.
Half-Time: Wolves 1 City 1
Cardiff moved ahead in controversial circumstances three minutes after the restart. Karl Henry looked to be pulled back by Joe Ledley but the referee waved play on. Henry got back to divert Gavin Rae's shot for a corner but from Parry's flag-kick Roger Johnson headed home.
Kightly fired over from 20-yards after he had run in from the right onto Foley's pass, and then a goalbound volley from Edwards following a Kightly corner bounced to safety off a defender's body.
Edwards hit the wall with a free-kick after Henry had been fouled by Rae 28-yards out and there was danger at the other end when Ward fouled Burke on the by-line to the right of the home area. Kevin McNaughton fired over the free-kick but Hennessey jumped high to punch clear.
Craddock headed narrowly wide from a Kightly corner before Parry missed the chance of putting the issue beyond doubt when he shot into the side netting after being put clean through by Rae.
Wolves made a double switch with 15 minutes remaining with Kyel Reid coming on for Jarvis and Vokes for Keogh.
Berra went into the book for a foul on Burke on the edge of the Wolves area and, from the resulting free-kick, McCormack curled the ball inches wide.
Ward limped off to be replaced by Stearman but it was thanks to one of the other substitutes that Wolves drew level.
Reid looked to be hemmed in by Burke and McCormack near the left-hand corner flag but he turned and hit a swirling cross that Konstantopoulos caught but then dropped. The linesman on the far side immediately signalled that the ball had crossed the line.
Both teams went in search of a winner in the closing minutes but there were no more serious goal attempts of note.
Wolves: Hennessey, Foley, Ward (Stearman 80), Henry (capt), Berra, Craddock, Kightly, Edwards, Ebanks-Blake, Keogh (Vokes 76), Jarvis (Reid 76).
Unused subs: Higgs, Iwelumo.
Booking: Berra (78 - foul).
Cardiff: Konstantopoulos, McNaughton (Comminges 90), Kennedy, Rae, Ledley (capt), Johnson, Gyepes, McCormack (Whittingham 85), Chopra, Parry, Bothroyd (Burke 32).
Unused subs: Owusu-Abeyie, Scimeca.
Referee: D. Deadman.
Attendance: 22,093.
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