Jorgen Strand Larsen, denied a £55million move to Newcastle United at the end of the transfer window, remonstrated angrily with Wolves’ coaching staff on the full-time whistle after he had been substituted late on, just after shooting against a post with Wolves leading through Bart Verbruggen’s own goal, as Brighton pushed for a late equaliser which finally arrived from Jan Paul Van Hecke.

For the second successive week, Wolves’ bid to get their season up and running was stymied by a late equaliser. Vitor Pereira, the Wolves manager, had been dismissed just before the Premier League’s bottom side went ahead after Marshall Munetsi’s volley rebounded off the bar and in off the Brighton goalkeeper. Fabian Hurzeler’s side deserved a point for their second-half dominance but Wolves, for the second game in a row after their draw away to Tottenham Hotspur, looked they were going to hang on for the first victory of the top-flight season before conceding a late equaliser.

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