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deflect a goalbound effort away for a corner. The defender only had a split second to make his intervention but he timed it to perfection and slid in to get just enough on it to snuff out the danger.

Rondon had forced Patricio to save low down with an angled shot just five minutes into the game.

But for the bulk of the time the home side looked favourites to get themselves in front.

Raul Jimenez was at the centre of most of it, first sending a powerful shot over and then having a follow-up effort saved low down by Dubravka.

The Toon keeper also had to move smartly to beat away a Jonny shot which flew across the surface at some pace.

Within minutes of the turnaround it was the home side who came within a whisker when only the quick thinking of Matt Ritchie whisked the ball away from Matt Doherty’s header a yard out.

But the Geordies refused to play second fiddle and their resilience paid off when they sprung the Wolves back line to devastating effect and Hayden found the net.

WOLVES (3-5-2): Patricio; Bennett, Coady, Boly; Doherty (Traore 82), Neves, Moutinho, Dendoncker (Costa 69), Jonny; Jota (Cavaleiro 69), Jimenez. Subs: Ruddy, Gibbs-White, Saiss, Vinagre.

NEWCASTLE (5-4-1): Dubravka; Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Ritchie; Longstaff, Hayden (Diame 86), Atsu (Almiron 72), Perez (Manquillo 90); Rondon. Subs: Woodman, Kenedy, Fernandez, Joselu.

Referee: Graham Scott.