Report thanks to John Hendley, www.wolves.co.uk

Nottingham Forest's Championship-winning side had to come from two goals behind to maintain their unbeaten record with a 3-2 win over Wolves in a pulsating reserve contest at the New Bucks Head Stadium, Telford.

It means Forest head the table by a remarkable 20 points as they strive to finish the season unbeaten.

Forest almost scored inside 20 seconds as Ben Fairclough ran into the area and slipped the ball past Billy Lumley. But Michael Wardle came to the rescue when he sprinted across to clear the ball off the line.

But Wanderers soon settled and there was a chance for them in the sixth minute when Denes Rosa ran onto Mark Salmon's through ball and side-stepped a defender before shooting over from the 18-yard line.

Karl Darlow took a centre from James Davis after good work from Ashley Hemmings, but the young Forest keeper was beaten in the 13th minute by a precision 20-yard ground shot from Kyle Bennett that flew into the bottom corner.

Four minutes later a smart piece of work from Wardle prevented a Forest equaliser. Mark Byrne ran onto Emile Sinclair's pass and beat Lumley only for Wardle, facing his own goal, to head behind via the crossbar from virtually on the line.

Hemmings beat the offside trap but shot wide of the near post and then Fabrice Kasiama almost profited after a slip by Richard Tait. He took the ball round the keeper but stumbled as he did so and, from the tightest of angles, he succeeded only in rolling the ball across the goal line.

But on 28 minutes Rosa made it two with a delightful chip over Darlow from the left of the Forest goal.

The keeper saved long range efforts from Hemmings and Bennett in quick succession and then he was shown the yellow card after felling Hemmings to the right of the Forest area.

Just before the break Forest almost got a foothold in the game but James Reid screwed a shot wide as frustration mounted at the passing of goalscoring chances.

Twice in the opening minutes of the second period Wanderers went close to increasing their advantage. Davis shrugged off a challenge and forced a fine save from Darlow with a powerful shot, and then Bennett fired the rebound over the bar after Kasiama's goalbound shot struck Tait.

Reid blazed a close range effort over the bar at the other end after a centre from Tait, before Sinclair reduced the arrears in the 63rd minute shooting past Lumley after Garath McCleary's pass had split the home defence.

After Darlow had made a good stop from Hemmings, the Wolves' goal came under pressure with Lumley making a reflex save from Sinclair and John Dunleavy throwing himself in the way of Byrne's follow-up.

McCleary lifted a shot over the bar from point blank range before Forest turned the game on its head with two goals in a two minute spell to reward their mounting pressure.

Fairclough helped on Reid's centre for Sinclair to level matters with his second of the afternoon, then, in the 80th minute, Joe Heath headed home McCleary's cross to put Forest in front.

And there was still time for Sinclair to go close to completing his hat-trick but he lost control when looking a certain scorer.

Wolves: Lumley, Melbourne, Bailey, Salmon (capt), Dunleavy, Wardle, Bennett, Rosa (D. Davis 67min), Hemmings, J. Davis (McCone 90min), Kasiama.
Subs not used: Woolley, Geurin-Lokonga, Rooney.
Bookings: Salmon 83 min
Goalscorers: Bennett 13min, Rosa 28min

Nottingham Forest: Darlow, Tait (Sharpe 76min), Heath, Power, Kavanagh, Bencherif, McCleary, Byrne, Sinclair, B. Fairclough (Newbold 91min), Reid (Hook 90min)
Subs not used: Richardson, Hartmann
Goalscorers: Sinclair 63min, 78min, Heath 80min
Bookings: Darlow 41mins, Power 54mins, Reid 87mins

Referee: A.S. Watts.
Attendance: 56.