Wolves beat Foxes in dogfight shock

Wolves 4 Leicester 3

A grandstand finish at Molineux saw Wolves steal all three points from Premiership basement club Leicester.

Trailing 3-0 at half-time, Wolves mounted a four-goal fightback in the second half to leave the Foxes shaking their heads in disbelief.

Two goals from Les Ferdinand plus a Riccardo Scimeca effort had given City a seemingly unassailable interval but Colin Cameron sparked a second-half turnaround.

Cameron added his second from the penalty spot before Alex Rae restored parity and Henri Camara registered a late winner.

Wolves had first threatened in the 10th minute when Lee Naylor set free Camara through the right channel and with Matt Elliott having been outstripped, it was left to Foxes keeper Ian Walker to race from his line to deny the Wolves striker.

But Ferdinand settled the visitors nerves when he struck for the opener just two minutes later, the veteran penalty-box predator rising high to meet a Keith Gillespie corner from the right wing and heading past a helpless Michael Oakes from close range.

And Wolves slipped further behind before the quarter-hour was up, this time Muzzy Izzet supplying the flag-kick from the left for Ferdinand to arrive late in the box and glance home a header.

Dogged Leicester defending kept frantic Wolves at bay for the remainder of the half before Scimeca got in on the goalscoring act 10 minutes before the interval, the City midfielder finding the bottom corner with a shot hit right to left from 18 yards out.

Hassan Kachloul replaced Wolves striker Kenny Miller after the half-time break and posed immediate problems for Leicester, the Moroccan’s cross from the left being spilled by Walker before Izzet arrived to clear the danger.

The Turkish international was laid low by Camara’s flailing boot.

But Walker’s handling proved clean enough moments later after Nathan Blake unleashed a venomous low shot which scudded goalwards through a populated penalty area.

And it was Blake who laid the foundations as Wolves dragged themselves back into contention, the Welsh international having shrugged off Curtis along the Wolves left before crossing for Cameron who thumped an 18-yard drive low past Walker.

And Cameron was on target again just short of the hour although this time from 12 yards out, referee Peter Walton having awarded a spot-kick after Gillespie had handled in the box.

Wolves’ comeback was completed in the 68th minute when Rae arrived to head home Irwin’s cross at the back post.

And the deserved comeback was completed when Camara popped up in the six-yard box to conclude an unseemly bagatelle with an 85th-minute winner.