Wolves 4 Blackburn 2

Paul Ince refused to press the panic button after his new club was humiliated by his old one at Molineux.

Ince (below), who was appointed as Rovers boss in June, saw his team end a bad week in total disarray.

With star David Bentley sold to Spurs, new goal keeper Paul Robinson let in four here against Mick McCarthy's promotion hopefuls - and key striker Roque Santa-Cruz limped off.

But Ince, who had a key role as a player in getting Wolves promoted to the Premier League in 2003, refused to be downcast.

He said: "We've got two weeks before the season starts and I expect the team to improve. I'm not concerned about any result until then."

But Ince was relieved that the injury Santa-Cruz sustained after scoring Rovers' second equaliser did not prove as serious as first thought.

He added: "That was a bit of a scare but he should be okay. Richard Stearman caught his Achilles but the doctors say the problem should clear up in three or four days."

Santa-Cruz's goal cancelled Andy Keogh's strike for Wolves after Matt Derbyshire had equalised George Elokobi's opener.

Elokobi looks like becoming a popular addition at Molineux - he earned the penalty from which another new boy Chris Iwelumo restored Wolves' lead before substitute Matt Jarvis added a fourth.

McCarthy said: "The ambition in the last game before the season starts is to send the fans home happy and we've achieved that."