Joey Barton scored his first goal for the Hoops in the eighth minute when he converted a cross from Shaun Wright-Phillips, and it was 2-0 in the 10th thanks to Alejandro Faurlin's strike as Wanderers were made to pay for slack defending.

The visitors added a deserved third with three minutes of normal time remaining, substitute DJ Campbell opening his own account for the club by sliding in Armand Traore's pass