Jose Sa continued to shrug off a broken wrist to become Wolves' penalty hero and plunge Nottingham Forest into deeper trouble. The goalkeeper has been playing with the injury since the second game of the season but saved Brennan Johnson’s late spot kick to secure a 1-0 win.
It came after Ruben Neves’ controversial penalty helped lift managerless Wolves out of the Premier League’s bottom three.
The midfielder scored just the hosts’ fourth goal of the season to secure a basement battle win and breathe fresh life into their survival hopes.
Referee Thomas Bramall eventually awarded a second-half spot kick for Harry Toffolo’s handball following a four-minute VAR delay.
Despite the contentious nature of the winner, Wolves deserved the points and Max Kilman hit the post in the first half.
Forest, who remain bottom of the Premier League, were left fuming but can have few complaints after a insipid performance which any leveller would have masked.
Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a second-half equaliser as Fulham twice came from behind to secure a point in a 2-2 draw against Bournemouth.
The 28-year-old scored from the penalty spot – his first goal for Marco Silva's side since 3 September – to take his tally for the season to seven and earn his side a deserved point.
Bournemouth had taken the lead through Dominic Solanke with the first attack of the match, before Fulham levelled matters through summer signing Issa Diop.
The Cherries then retook the lead in the first half through Jefferson Lerma as the hosts struggled to contain caretaker manager Gary O’Neil’s side’s counter-attacking threat.
However, Fulham grew into the game and had all the possession and chances in the final 20 minutes but were unable to break through the Bournemouth defence
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