Wolves manager Mick McCarthy insisted he "always believed" his side would score a winner against Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday night.Wanderers' search for a first Championship victory at Molineux since December 1 finally came to an end when January signing Sylvan Ebanks-Blake fired home from close range in stoppage time to earn a 2-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday.

It was the former Plymouth striker's second goal in as many games and earned McCarthy's men a third straight win, but their first in five attempts at home.

However, McCarthy revealed he never doubted his side for one second.

"I always believe that we will win at home," he said. "I always believed that we would get back to winning ways, I was never in any doubt about that.

"It's not a feeling of relief, I was always confident that it would happen."

Asked if he felt so confident even as stoppage-time approached, he replied: "Yes I did, and why not?

"What was pleasing was that the players believed, we had bodies in the box. When it gets to 90 minutes, you wonder if you're just going to have to wipe our gob, take the point and go down to Watford (for this Saturday's game).

"And if we had done, what would have been important was that we don't go and lose it. But it's really pleasing.

"I have to say then it is a relief at 90 minutes, of course it is, but overall it's not something I've been unduly worried about."

It was Wanderers who began the brighter as they quickly picked up where they left off in Saturday's impressive 4-1 FA Cup thrashing of Watford.

Andy Keogh hit the woodwork twice in the opening three minutes, although one of them would have been ruled out anyway for offside.

The Republic of Ireland international made it third time lucky, however, when he played a neat one-two with Ebanks-Blake before slotting in off the right post after 11 minutes.

But the lead was to last just seven minutes as Marcus Tudgay capitalised on a defensive mix-up between Darren Ward and substitute Rob Edwards to slot underneath Wayne Hennessey.

Brian Laws' side may have failed to win any of their last seven league games away from Hillsborough but it was they who looked the more likely to score early in the second half.

Akpo Sodje seemed certain to score when he latched onto Wade Small's pass and rounded Hennessey but the Owls forward was unable to re-adjust his feet quickly enough to shoot and the Wales international recovered.

And Wednesday were made to pay in the first of five added minutes.

Having initially decided to give the visitors a goal-kick, referee Phil Joslin changed his mind and awarded a corner - and Wolves took full advantage.

The ball fell to Michael Gray on the left, his cross was headed back across goal by Jay Bothroyd and Ebanks-Blake stole in for his 15th goal of the season.

The decision infuriated Owls boss Laws, who also revealed striker Sodje "could be out for quite a while" with an ankle injury.

He said: "A talking point for me is when is a corner a corner and when is it a goal-kick?

"The referee quite obviously pointed for a goal-kick but subsequently has cost us a goal because he gave a corner instead, he changed his mind.

"In fact, I could have counted how long it took him to change his mind, it took ages.

"All of a sudden he says 'Well, I'll decide to give you a corner'. Why? What made him change his mind?

"I am disappointed with that but having said that they have been in good form of late and whether we played them at the wrong time, I don't know.

"We have got to work harder than that and we have to get back to winning ways."

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