John Carew scored eight minutes from time as Aston Villa earned a 2-2 draw from an exciting Midlands derby with Wolves at Villa Park.
Both sides went into the game full of confidence, Villa having won at Wigan in midweek and Wolves having won at Burnley last weekend.
The point is far more valuable for Wolves, though, who could even have nicked all three points had it not been for Carew's late intervention.
The Norweigian had put Villa ahead inside the first 20 minutes but Jody Craddock and a James Milner own goal saw the tables turned, and few could have complained had Wolves held on.
As it was, Villa rescued a point that keeps them in Champions League contention, although they remain seventh.
Wolves, meanwhile, edge ever closer to the magical 40-point mark. Villa started the game at a lightning pace and they were inches away from taking the lead in the fourth minute when Stephen Warnock narrowly failed to get on the end of Carew's driven cross-shot.
Martin O'Neill's side continued to threaten after that near miss and it came as no surprise when they went ahead in the 17th minute.
Milner broke from midfield and fed Ashley Young on the left and the winger's low cross was turned home by an offside-looking Carew.
Villa were expected to take control from there but Wolves responded well to the setback and drew level within six minutes.
David Jones sent a dangerous free-kick into the box and when Ronald Zubar's attempted shot flew across the box, Craddock reacted first to send the visiting support into raptures.
And they were celebrating again in the 39th minute when Jones broke into the Villa box and fed Matt Jarvis, whose low centre was diverted into the net by Milner as Jones waited to finish the move himself.
Stewart Downing should have equalised with a close-range header before half-time but the predicted Villa onslaught did not materalise after the break.
They dominated possession but failed to trouble Marcus Hahnemann in goal and Wolves, who introduced Michael Mancienne to shore things up on 64, looked more and more likely to hang on.
Then, with eight minutes remaining Villa drew level. It came out of nowhere and was route one football at its finest, Brad Friedel's huge kick towards the Wolves box headed on by Carew for Emile Heskey, who held up well and laid off for substitute Steve Sidwell.
His shot was on target but it may have been easy for Hahnemann had it not been for Carew, who beat the offside trap and added a faint touch to divert Sidwell's effort into the bottom corner.
O'Neill urged his men forward in the closing stages but Wolves held on for a deserved point that keeps them out of the relegation zone.
