Wolves 2-3 Leeds: Breathless, bruising, brilliant - controversy and drama in pulsating Molineux game

Five players off injured in less than an hour, 22 minutes added on, a controversial red card, a stunning comeback and a last-minute winner.

Leeds' Premier League trip to Wolves on Friday had it all.

It was a bruising, breathless and brilliant game, which seemed all but certain to be won by Wolves when they took a 2-0 lead in the 11th minute of first-half injury time.

But Leeds, who had lost four players to injury by the 55th minute, including the only recently returned Patrick Bamford, had other ideas.

The key moment came five minutes after half-time when the already booked Raul Jimenez raced forward to try to reach a through ball and was involved in what seemed a 50-50 collision with Leeds keeper Illan Meslier.

Meslier limped off but he was not on his own — when Jimenez got up a couple of minutes later after receiving treatment, he was shown a second yellow card by referee Kevin Friend.

«Everyone saw what happened and now they have the chance to watch on TV,» Wolves boss Bruno Lage told BBC Sport.

«It's a body contact — Raul tried to win the ball. Bad decision [from the referee] — and he continued with the opinion he did a good decision

»In the 45 minutes I think we were the better team. We were a much better team than our opponents. I am very proud of my players."

Wolves captain Conor Coady told Sky Sports: «We should still stay in the game but it is not a red card. I could go mad and kick off but for me it's not red. It's a fair challenge — there was nowhere else it could go. These decisions are killing teams.

»I thought from the first minute he threw out yellows early on and I thought he lost the game. We don't feel like we were fairly treated.

«We look at ourselves first and foremost because we can defend better. But other