Robbie Keane haunts Molineux - Wolves 2 Aston Villa 3

Wolves old boy Robbie Keane came back to haunt his former club as he scored a spectacular late winner to give Aston Villa the bragging rights in a five-goal Midlands derby thriller at Molineux, writes Timothy Abraham.

Michael Kightly scored first goal since March 2009 and his first in the Premier League with a smart finish to equalise Darren Bent's opener from the penalty spot after Christophe Berra had fouled the Villa striker.

Dave Edwards put Wolves ahead before the break in what was a pulsating first half of football when he headed home but Keane took advantage of Matt Jarvis poor clearance early in the second half to finish from the edge of the box to level matters.

Wolves were reduced to 10 men for the final 15 minutes when Karl Henry was sent off for a needless backheel on Marc Albrighton and Villa made the extra man count as Keane scored a superb long-range goal to leave the home side without a win in 10 games.

Mick McCarthy named the same starting line-up which drew 1-1 with Tottenham last weekend as Edwards was passed fit having overcome a groin injury.

Villa handed Keane his first start as Alex McLeish made two changes from the side which drew 1-1 with Everton as in-form Stephen Ireland missed out with a hamstring injury.

Stephen Warnock was dropped to the bench after a recent dip in performances as Ciaran Clark switched to left-back while Gary Gardner came in to make his first start.

Villa who took the lead in the 11th minute though when Bent nipped in front of Berra and the Wolves man chopped down the striker as he attempted to clear the ball and referee Michael Oliver pointed straight to the spot.

Bent dusted himself down and calmly sent Wayne Hennessey the wrong way with a low side-footed shot into the bottom-right corner of the net.

McCarthy's men were denied what appeared an obvious penalty shortly afterwards when James Collins clipped the lively Edwards inside the area but this time Oliver waved away the appeals.

The frantic start to the match showed no sign of abating and Wolves got themselves back on level terms in the 21st minute after a superb bit of skill from Emmanuel Frimpong, who later went off on a stretcher with a head injury, when he flicked the ball over his head to escape two Villa players.

The on-loan Arsenal man played in Kightly and the winger cut inside and curled a low shot from just inside the penalty area past Shay Given into the corner of the net.

Wolves had three chances to take the lead six minutes later as Given saved Steven Fletcher's header from a corner and Albrighton cleared Henry's shot off the line before Edwards shot straight at Given from a good position after he was picked out by Jarvis.

However, the home side's pressure paid off in the 31st minute when Kightly's corner was met by Roger Johnson and his goal-bound header was deftly flicked past Given by Edwards.

Wolves could only defend the lead for six second-half minutes as Keane equalised for Villa against his former club.

Jarvis' high clearance seemed to hold up in the wind and fell to Clark and he cushioned the ball into the path of Keane who drilled a low shot which squirmed through the hands of the diving Hennessey.

The match became a scrappy affair compared to the high-temp free-flowing football of the first half and it culminated in the sending off of Henry who responded to an overly enthusiastic tackle by Albrighton by needlessly backheeling the youngster in the chest.

And Villa took advantage of the extra player as Keane lashed home a brilliant winner in the 85th minute with a stunning 25-yard striker after Wolves failed to clear their lines although the striker again refused to celebrate for the second time.