Blackburn drops points in stoppage-time at Wolves
Raul Jimenez scored a stoppage-time penalty as Wolverhampton Wanderers drew 2-2 with Blackburn Rovers in the opening game of the 2026-2027 EFL Championship season.
Blackburn looked to be on its way to a shock win at Molineux after Sean McLoughlin and Andri Gudjohnsen gave the visitors a 2-1 lead, but Jimenez scored a 93rd-minute equaliser to rescue a draw for Cesar Peixoto's side.
Wolves took the lead after just 18 minutes in their first league match since being relegated from the Premier League as Marshall Munetsi showed great composure to finish past Balazs Toth after a great pass from Fer Lopez.
Blackburn responded against the run of play, however, as McLoughlin timed his run to perfection to get in front of Toti Gomes and glance Ryoya Morishita into the far corner.
The hosts looked to be in the ascendancy before half-time as both Lopez and Mateus Mane saw shots fly narrowly over the bar, but Blackburn were in front just three minutes into the second half as Gudjohnsen tapped in from Oladapo Afolayan's deflected cross.
Wolves struggled to create many clear-cut chances, but were handed a lifeline in stoppage-time as Ryan Alebiosu stopped a cross with his arm, and Jimenez made no mistake from 12 yards out as he sent Toth the wrong way to secure a point.
Rovers boss Tony Mowbray wasn't enamoured with the late call to award a spot-kick to his opponent.
"I didn't think they were going to score. If anything, I thought we were going to get a third," he said after the match.
"And I'm not sure they deserved a second goal, but he gave a penalty. I just felt a lot of decisions were starting to swing their way a bit, but I have to be very careful not to go questioning anyone's integrity.
"Everybody's got us relegated – but that's very good motivation for the team – and I'm just frustrated and disappointed we didn't win."
Peixoto acknowledged his side hadn't played to its full potential, but was happy with the fight shown to steal a point at the death.
"When we conceded we played more with our heart than our brains. We lost some organisation and made it difficult," he said.
"[But] the players showed a big fight to the end which is what I want."
