Wolves pulled off a miraculous defensive display to defy the odds and hang on for a 1-0 win against Tottenham. With Spurs netting nine goals in their last game at White Hart Lane, few would have backed Mick McCarthy's men to keep a clean sheet after they went ahead in the third minute through Kevin Doyle.
The Republic of Ireland international got the faintest of touches on a superb Nenad Milijas free-kick from the right to head past Heurelho Gomes.
Spurs dominated the rest of the match but failed to carve out many clear-cut chances as the Wolves defence of Richard Stearman, Jody Craddock, Christophe Berra and Stephen Ward stood up to the challenge.
Harry Redknapp's side enjoyed nearly all the possession but could not breach the opposition goal and Wolves hung on for their second away win of the season.
Inevitably after such an early goal, Wolves had to withstand pressure, although
Spurs' chances straight after the opener were not of the clear-cut variety.
It was down to Craddock and Berra to throw themselves at everything Spurs could throw at them.
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp:
"It was frustrating - we conceded early on and then could not break them down.
"We had lots of possession but we did not find that cutting edge to open them up. We probably had 80% of the possession but they defended very well.
"Full credit to Wolves - Mick McCarthy has done a great job there."
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy:
"Marcus Hahnemann's not been diving around making saves everywhere. I expect my keeper to have to make saves when we go to Spurs.
"Possession and passes and switching play - really good stuff at times from Spurs but Marcus made one really good save and no, we haven't been mullered.
"They've to work like that every game. If we have passengers we're knackered."
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