Wolves 2 QPR 3 - Report and pictures

Benik Afobe - the subject of intense transfer speculation linking him with Norwich earlier in the day - predictably got on the scoresheet to give Wolves an early lead.

And when Kevin McDonald's piledriver doubled their advantage it all looked rosy for Wolves who were playing some delightful free-flowing football.

But it all started to go wrong after Charlie Austin nodded Phillips' cross past Emiliano Martinez just before half time.

QPR were by far the better side after the break and with Wolves, who contributed to their downfall with some sluggish defending, saw their unbeaten recorded ended when two goals from Phillips saw QPR nick the points.

Kenny Jackett kept faith with the same XI that drew 1-1 with Hull City on Sunday, meaning Emiliano Martinez kept his place in goal.

And like against Hull, Wolves came flying out of the blocks.

Wolves: Martinez; Iorfa, Stearman (c), Hause, Golbourne; Henry (Van La Parra 63), McDonald, Coady, Edwards; Afobe, Dicko (Le Fondre 45). Subs: Ikeme, Ebanks-Landell, Doherty, Price, Ojo.

With 70 seconds on the clock David Edwards cut inside from the left and crossed to the far post where Afobe, stretched, nodded wide from just a couple of yards out.

There was some excellent early pressure from the hosts who were overloading QPR in midfield.

They had a scare at the other end though when Martinez, hindered by the slippery conditions with heavy rain soaking Molineux, spilled Massimo Luongo's shot, grabbing it with the ball practically on the goal line.

McDonald was pulling the strings in midfield and Wolves tested the QPR back line again with a dangerous low cross from Dominic Iorfa.

And on 17 minutes the pressure told when Afobe inevitably got on the score-sheet. After a brisk attack involving McDonald and Nouha Dicko, James Henry's cross was deflected to Afobe via Edwards and he made no mistake from just six yards out.

QPR looked to respond immediately and Tjaronn Chery's shot tested Martinez, who again needed two attempts to claim.

But Wolves were the more cohesive unit going forward and they went close again soon after.

Edwards let fly from range with a rare piledriver, which was deflected wide for a corner, and from that Kortney Hause's header flashed past the post.

McDonald doubled the lead with a scorcher on 24 minutes as Wolves took total control.

He had plenty of time to think about his shot when the ball dropped to him, but kept his cool to unleash a perfectly-placed shot past a helpless Robert Green in the QPR goal.

The Scot said earlier this week he was concentrating on his football - with his ongoing contract saga now on the back burner - and he was being true to his word with a dominant midfield performance.

A clever chip over the QPR back line from the 26-year-old found Edwards, whose header across goal was sliced into Green's arms.

But seven minutes before the break the visitors pulled one back, very much against the run of play, when Albion target Phillips whipped a vicious cross towards Austin who sent a bullet header past Martinez.

Afobe rolled Grant Hall after taking Dicko's pass as Wolves looked to restore their two-goal advantage, but Hall did well to block.

Phillips, looking lively on both flanks with his pace and trickery saw a long-ranger solidly saved by Martinez as the visitors ended the half on top, a stark contrast to what has gone before it.

Jackett changed things at half time, sending on Adam le Fondre in place on Nouha Dicko, giving the on-loan Cardiff man a proper chance to impress after being used as an injury time substitute in the two previous league games.

McDonald picked up where he left off before the break, sending a perfect through ball for Afobe to latch onto - with a sniff of goal the prolific front-man looked likely to score, but prodded straight at Green with two defenders for company.

And on 52 minutes Wolves, who had largely dominated the game, had little to show for it when Phillips scored a shot equaliser. He cut in from the right and drilled low with his left foot - it took a slight deflection and rolled into the corner past Martinez.

The goal stunned Molineux and just three minutes later QPR could have been in front, with Nedum Onuoha allowed to sneak in unnoticed at the back post before Martinez denied him from a tight angle.

Edwards broke well from midfield to win a free kick just outside the box, Onuoha's hack on the Welshman earning a deserved booking, and Afobe bulged the net with the resulting effort but it bristled the side netting, much to the embarrassment of half the crowd who thought it was in.

Karl Henry hacked down Afobe and earned a booking, a decision loudly cheered by some supporters who continuously booed the former captain throughout the game.

Austin then released Chery whose low drive was saved Martinez.

Rajiv van La Parra replaced Henry with Wolves struggling to recreate their first dynamism, and it nearly worked when the Dutchman's clever spin and pass released Afobe who flashed an effort across goal.

But Wolves just couldn't get going and QPR, in the ascendancy, completed an incredible comeback when that man Phillips picked his spot from 25 yards, beating Martinez's despairing dive.

It wasn't the hardest hit of shots and Martinez, perhaps wrong-footed, will have been disappointed to see it sail past him.

He made a smart parry to push Chery's free kick wide, with QPR running riot.

The action was coming thick and fast and McDonald's shot took a wicked deflection off Onuoha and bounced agonisingly wide.

Martinez stuck out a leg to deny Chery's low effort, before Le Fondre's shot was too easy for Green.

There was plenty of time for a Wolves equaliser but, with Afobe isolated and missing his strike partner Dicko, their challenge petered out.