Carroll followed up his hat-trick against Aston Villa by cancelling out Sylvan Ebanks-Blake's second goal of the campaign - as many as he managed in the whole of last season.

Newcastle had enough opportunities to secure a second win of the season, but Wolves maintained their unbeaten start.

This was an old-fashioned blood and thunder type of game with the tackles flying in from both sides throughout the 90 minutes. Wolves had seven players booked and Newcastle five.

The Magpies demolished managerless Villa 6-0 last weekend and they created plenty of chances against Mick McCarthy's side.

Skipper Kevin Nolan, in particular, will feel he should have been more clinical in front of goal on at least two occasions.

Carroll gave more glimpses of his potential and was a constant source of danger.

But Wolves have developed a never-say-die attitude under McCarthy and this was typified by captain Karl Henry's driving display in midfield.

Newcastle looked the better side in the early stages.

Hugo Rodallega scored the winner 10 minutes from full-time after Carlo Cudicini allowed the winger's tame shot to squirm past him in what was the goalkeeper's first start since his horrific motorcycle accident.

It was a remarkable result for a Latics side who had conceded 10 goals in their opening two Premier League games and nine in the corresponding fixture last season.

It also cast doubt on Spurs boss Harry Redknapp's claim he has a squad capable of competing both domestically and in the Champions League.

Indeed, Redknapp's fears about complacency following last season's goal glut against the Latics and Wednesday night's historic European victory against Young Boys appeared to have been realised.

Spurs made a sluggish start and Rodallega flashed an early warning shot wide before poor defending from an eighth-minute corner saw Steve Gohouri smash the ball against the crossbar from Mauro Boselli's knockdown.

Tottenham were conceding possession in dangerous areas, while a clumsy defensive clearance nearly ricocheted past Cudicini.

Konstantin Rausch gave Hannover the lead in the 31st minute and Mohammed Abdellaoue made it 2-0 after 49 minutes.

Jermaine Jones cut the deficit to 2-1 in the 83rd minute but Schalke could not equalise.

The result was Hannover's first win over Schalke for seven years and their second success this term.

Schalke scored in the 11th minute from Jefferson Farfan's header but the corner kick was ruled to have crossed the goal line before reaching its target.

The hosts dominated the game but it was Hannover who grabbed the lead in the 31st minute. Abdellaoue's pass went into the path of Rausch, who kept his nerve and beat Schalke keeper Manuel Neuer to the near left post.

Hannover missed two golden chances to double the lead as Abdellaoue shot wide right from seven yards in the 37th minute and Moritz Stoppelkamp struck the post two minutes later.

The hosts doubled the lead four minutes after the break on a chaotic counter-attack. Manuel Schmiedebach's pass deflected off Jones into the path of Abdellaoue, who beat Neuer one-on-one.

He did not want to talk too much about the fact that his number one striker finally ended his 13-match goal drought against West Ham.

Rooney belted home the first-half penalty that set United on their way to a 3-0 defeat of West Ham at Old Trafford on Saturday night.

It was Rooney's first goal since March, a period of time that has included a niggling ankle injury and that deflating World Cup campaign.

But, although Ferguson claimed the 24-year-old is still to reach full fitness after his summer exertions, he believes he is making a vital contribution to the Old Trafford cause.

"Strikers want to score," stressed Ferguson.

"But it is Wayne's performance that we should be talking about.

"He was full of life and energy. He worked his socks off.

"He needs games but the 90 minutes will bring him on."