Redemption for Gary O’Neil. His Wolves side have rarely been faulted for lack of effort but while their manager’s piercing gaze may regularly blaze with a sense of injustice at officialdom, individual mistakes, star players sold in the summer and lapses of concentration have piled up. They looked likely to be costly here, too, but at last, that hard work, the flashes of quality paid off. Wolves fought to the end when all seemed lost, mounting a thrilling two-goal comeback capped by Matheus Cunha’s last-gasp equaliser.
Danny Welbeck’s 45th-minute opener had undone Wolves’ solid first-half efforts. In the second half, the quality of the visitors’ finishing had let them down before Evan Ferguson’s first goal since November 2023 had put Brighton two up.
