Bolton 2 Wolves 2 - Report and pictures
Unconvincing Wolves produced a true smash and grab to somehow earn a point at the death at Bolton.
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The recalled Nouha Dicko gave Kenny Jackett's side the perfect start with a breakaway goal after three minutes.
But Zach Clough's double on 23 and 25 minutes seemed to have ended Wolves' seven-match unbeaten league run.
Yet with the match drifting towards what appeared to be a certain Bolton win, substitute James Henry's last-gasp 25-yarder ensured a point.
It came with almost the last kick of the five minutes of added time, with his side's only on-target effort of the second-half.
Wolves boss Jackett made two changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Charlton last week.
Scott Golbourne and Nouha Dicko returned to the starting line-up in place of Kortney Hause and Henry, who dropped to the bench.
The formation was switched to 4-5-1, with Rajiv Van La Parra wide right and Benik Afobe wide left, with Dicko up front on his own.
The changes initially looked to have paid off as Wolves took the lead with the first attack of the game.
Kevin McDonald split the home defence to send Dicko racing clear and the powerful striker swept the ball home with his first touch from six yards out, giving Andy Lonergan no chance in goal.
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In a bright start by Wolves, McDonald sensed a goal of his own two minutes later as he lashed a foot over the bar when Golbourne's corner dropped him for him nicely.
But that was pretty much it as an attacking force for the rest of the half as the visitors were forced to defend for long periods.
New signing Adam Le Fondre had a good sight of goal on 18 minutes but from 10 yards out, could only blaze well over from a left-wing cross.
But much worse was to follow as two goals inside three minutes from Bolton turned the game on its head midway through the first half.
First Batth conceded a free kick by bundling over Darren Pratley 20 yards out and Clough curled home a delicious free kick.
Wolves goals: Dicko 3, Henry 90.
Bolton (4-2-3-1): Lonergan, Vela, Dervite, Wheater, Ream; Danns, Trotter; Feeney, Clough (Hall 70), Pratley (Moxey 49), Le Fondre.
Substitutes not used: Amos (GK), McNaughton, Mills, Rochinha, Gudjohnsen.
Wolves (4-2-3-1): Ikeme, Iorfa (Doherty 75), Batth (c), Stearman, Golbourne; Price (Evans 67), McDonald, Edwards (Henry 68), Afobe, Van La Parra; Dicko.
Substitutes not used: Kuszczak (GK), Hause, Ebanks-Landell, Jacobs.
Referee: Eddie Ilderton (Tyne and Wear).
Attendance: 15,869 (2,284 Wolves fans). [/breakout]
Then awful defending on the Wolves left allowed Tim Ream a cross and Clough neatly but too easily turned Batth, before confidently curling home from eight yards for his second goal of the game.
Wolves struggled to get to grips with the impish Clough, who kept popping up in pockets unmarked.
By contrast, the visitors' midfield looked too square, with Dave Edwards unusually deeper and unable to offer his usual support and angles to the attack.
Wolves struggled to show any invention or spark going forwards until the 35th minute.
Former Molineux loanee David Wheater made vital sliding tackles to block Dicko on the edge of the D then Iorfa from Van La Parra's cut back on the edge of the six yard box as they shaped to shoot.
Wolves continued to look devoid of ideas after the restart and indeed as the second-half wore on.
Le Fondre had the first opening of the second period but it didn't arrive until the 65th minute, after he spun Batth and produced a shot on the turn that was clawed away by goalkeeper Carl Ikeme for a corner.
Jackett tried desperately to lift a very lethargic looking Wolves side.
He replaced Jack Price with Lee Evans on 67, Edwards with Henry a minute later and Matt Doherty for Iorfa on 75, but it had little effect.
Wolves lacked imagination and ideas with their passing and any sort of penetration going forwards.
And they failed to force any sort of effort on goal until the 88th minute when Evans's goalbound long range drive hit Dorian Dervite.
That was it until Henry struck an unlikely equaliser, completely out of the blue, at the death.
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