A RELIEVED Graeme Souness felt Blackburn got what they deserved after Dwight Yorke's late leveller earned Rovers a point at Molineux.

Wolves appeared to be heading for maximum points after second half goals from Paul Butler and Alex Rae had cancelled out Andy Cole's 14th minute opener.

However, Yorke climbed off the bench to head a priceless equaliser with just 12 minutes remaining to keep Wanderers pinned to the foot of the Premiership table.

"I thought a point was a fair result," said Souness, as he reflected on a four-goal thriller.

"We started quite brightly, we scored a good goal, Wolves eventually came into it in the second half of the first half, and we knew that we'd have to do a lot of defending in the second half when they had the wind at their backs.

"They scored two goals which, from our point of view, were disappointing but I'm sure Wolves were delighted with the way they got them.

"But we kept going. I was critical of the team last week at Birmingham when we just rolled over after they scored their first goal but here we kept going and we looked threatening after they made it 2-1.

"Dwight came on and could have had a hat-trick but I think 2-2 was a fair result all round."

Although Wolves started the evening in 20th place, they boasted an impressive unbeaten home record dating back to September 20.

And they looked on course for another home victory until Yorke's timely intervention.

"You have to be happy coming here and getting a point," said Souness.

"Wolves haven't lost at home for a long, long time and they were very spirited.

"When they went a goal down, they didn't throw the towel in and from our part, when we went 2-1 down, we kept going as well."

Souness was pleased with the character shown by his players, particularly in the wake of Saturday's passionless display at Birmingham, which had prompted the manager to question the attitude of his squad.

"I think the Aston Villa game and the result and the performance we had against Birmingham on Saturday weren't us," said the Rovers boss.

"Football is a strange game. Birmingham have gone and got tonked by Spurs and that shows you what football is all about at this level."

Meanwhile, Craig Short could miss Saturday's game against Bolton after a hamstring strain meant he only lasted 43 minutes of last night's match.

"For the type of game it developed into, it would have been tailor made for Craig Short," said Souness, referring to the second half.

"He's a big, powerful, strong man but chasing sprinters for 50 or 60 yards, as he had to do towards the end of the first half, was not ideal when you are about 42!

"So he's damaged his hamstring. I don't think it's a big one but he's damaged his hamstring."