Raul Jimenez scored a stoppage-time equaliser from the penalty spot on his return to Molineux to salvage a 2-2 draw for Wolves against Blackburn. Wolves took the lead through Marshall Munetsi when Fer Lopez threaded the ball through for him to finish neatly beyond Balazs Hoth. But Blackburn scored a deserved equaliser when Sean McLoughlin nodded in from Ryoya Morishita's right-wing cross.
And Rovers stunned most of the 30,984 inside Molineux when Andri Gudjohnsen converted from close range early in the second half. Wolves turned to returning hero Jimenez off the bench but there was very little sign of them finding an equaliser. That changed when Jackson Tchatchoua's left-wing cross struck the hand of the otherwise excellent Ryan Alebiosu just inside the box and the referee awarded a penalty.
Jimenez held his nerve to snatch a point for Cesar Peixoto's Wolves side. Tony Mowbray's Blackburn, unfancied going into the campaign before a ball was kicked, could not hold on for the victory but did exceed expectations. Wolves will need to improve significantly if they are to come close to satisfying theirs.
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Gudjohnsen slots Blackburn ahead 60 - SUB! Jimenez is introduced 90+3 - GOAL! Jimenez converts a penalty to equalise Wolves hero Raul Jimenez speaking to Sky Sports: "It's amazing to be back, scoring in the first game of the season.
It's not the result we were looking for in our first home game of the new season, so we need to learn from this. All the games are going to be difficult here, no matter who we play against. "We need to keep going, it's just the start.
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