Wolves 2-2 Blackburn: Report, Result and Goals as Late Jimenez Penalty Saves Hosts' Blushes in Championship Opener
Raúl Jiménez scored from the spot after a stoppage-time handball, rescuing Wolves in their first Championship match at Molineux in eight years.
- On Friday, Raul Jimenez converted a stoppage-time penalty to secure a 2-2 draw for Wolves against Blackburn at Molineux, marking the club's first EFL Championship fixture in eight years.
- Cesar Peixoto took charge of Wolves this summer, while Tony Mowbray returned to Blackburn for a second spell at Ewood Park, with both clubs seeking improvement in the 2026-27 EFL Championship.
- Marshall Munetsi opened the scoring for the hosts in the 18th minute, but Sean McLoughlin leveled in the 27th; Andri Gudjohnsen put the visitors ahead three minutes into the second half after Oladapo Afolayan's assist.
- With the match deep into added time, the referee awarded a penalty after Ryan Alebiosu blocked a low cross with his outstretched arm, allowing Jimenez to spare the hosts from an opening-night defeat.
- Both teams began their competitive campaigns with Carabao Cup victories last week, defeating Port Vale and Burton Albion respectively, as Blackburn aims to build on their performance after finishing 20th in the Championship last term.
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The Championship, the second division of England, will be the tournament that will be played by the Mexican Raúl Jiménez, 35 years old, in his return with the Wolverhampton, team with which he achieved six seasons ago the success as the historic top scorer of the plantel. The tricolor saved this Friday in the final stretch to the Wolves by marking with a penalty the both of the tie 2-2 against the Blackburn in the beginning of the campaign.
Raúl Jiménez again celebrated a goal with the Wolverhampton Wanderers' shirt, in a special night for the Mexican striker, who was the protagonist in the 2-2 draw against the Blackburn Rovers.The Aztec attacker took advantage of his opportunity to meet the networks and relive one of the most representative images of his first stage with the Wolves: Raúl Jiménez celebrating a goal with the English team and connecting again with a hobby that keeps …
After his grey passage through Fulham and a World Cup of pride, the forward from India returned to the Wolves to sign an agonizing draw from the eleven steps.
The Mexican striker converted from the 11 steps to the draw of his team
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