Ahmed Elmohamady downed Wolves to send Aston Villa into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
The defender grabbed a second-half winner to clinch a 2-1 victory as the hosts reached the last eight for the first time since 2012.
Patrick Cutrone did cancel out Anwar El Ghazi’s opener before missing a glorious chance to level for a second time.
It was Wolves’ 21st game of the season and boss Nuno Espirito Santo’s 11 changes suggested the competition was low on his priority list.
Teenagers Taylor Perry, Dion Sanderson and Chem Campbell were handed full debuts and, despite Cutrone’s brief leveller, youthful Wolves were rarely a threat.
Villa tried to overpower their visitors, their experience outweighing Wolves’ exuberance.
Forward Campbell, at 16 years and 304 days, became Wolves’ second youngest player ever and he dragged wide from the edge of the box but it was a rare foray for the visitors.
It was well crafted from the hosts, who pulled Wolves across the box before Henri Lansbury slipped in El Ghazi and his low effort squirmed under John Ruddy’s outstretched hand.
A routine game had woken up and Cutrone should have made it 2-2 after 59 minutes when he seized on Neil Taylor’s loose pass to run clean through, only for Steer to save his low effort.
Trezeguet’s cross found the unmarked midfielder but he planted a horribly miscued header wide from six yards.
