Rayan Ait-Nouri scored his first goal in 19 months as he salvaged a draw for Wolves against relegated Norwich City at Molineux.
The defender – who had not scored since his 2020 debut – struck to rescue a 1-1 draw at Molineux.
Yet eighth-placed Wolves extended their winless run to six – a streak which officially ended their hopes of a return to the Europa League.
They were forced to come from behind after Teemu Pukki’s 11th goal of the season gave the Canaries a first-half lead.
Relegated Norwich did at least end a run of five straight defeats but they remain bottom of the Premier League.
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If the Canaries were going to salvage any late pride from another awful season they needed a dramatic improvement at Molineux.
Indeed the visitors wasted two glorious chances to open the scoring inside the first 15 minutes through Pukki.
They twice found a way through Wolves too easily, first when Kieran Dowell slipped in Pukki and the striker skewed a poor effort wide of the far post with just John Ruddy to beat.
Soon after, Mathias Normann clipped a fine pass behind the home defence only for Ruddy to deny Pukki, with Toti Gomes mopping up as Dowell tried to pounce.
Wolves were yet to find second gear, a few nice touches from Joao Moutinho aside, and failed to seriously trouble a defence which had already conceded a league-high 78 goals.
The majority of the first half was played at pre-season pace with the home fans imploring their club not to sell Ruben Neves – linked with a summer move – as the on-pitch action failed to catch their attention.
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Raul Jimenez’s ambitious volley dropped over but the hosts were too pedestrian and paid the price eight minutes before the break.
Max Aarons seized on a loose ball and fed Pukki on the right, with the striker cutting inside faced…
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