Liverpool beat Wolves 3-1 away on Saturday thanks to 2 late objectives in a scintillating comeback that despatched the Reds — a minimum of briefly — to the highest of the Premier League desk.
The hosts dominated the primary half at Molineux towards an unusually sluggish and sloppy Liverpool, Hwang Hee-chan stroking in a seventh minute purpose after a superb run from Pedro Neto, earlier than Wolves missed a string of additional possibilities.
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Nevertheless, Liverpool got here out remodeled within the second half, drawing stage within the fifty fifth minute when Mohamed Salah arrange fellow striker Cody Gakpo for a tap-in.
Sporting the captain’s armband on his two hundredth Premier League look, Andy Robertson slid in Liverpool’s second from one other Salah go within the eighty fifth minute because the guests poured ahead.
Liverpool made it three in time added on, with Wolves’ Hugo Bueno deflecting the ball into his personal internet from a shot by Harvey Elliott, sending the away followers into delirium.
“I believed the second half efficiency was spectacular and we received what we deserved,” stated Robertson.
“We will give you excuses for the primary half, just like the worldwide break and folks travelling, however we made errors which we’re not used to creating.”
The end result put Liverpool prime of the desk for now on 13 factors after 5 video games, with Manchester Metropolis one level behind them and enjoying in a while Saturday away at West Ham United.
Wolves are fifteenth on three factors.
Liverpool’s sluggish begin on Saturday was due partially to the absence of stalwart defenders Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold by suspension and harm respectively.
Recent again from worldwide responsibility for Argentina, midfielder Alexis Mac Allister seemed out of kinds, uncharacteristically misplacing passes and dropping possession.
However the introduction of Luis Díaz and Darwin Núñez, additionally again from World Cup qualifiers in South America, gave Liverpool the pace and trickery they hunted for a second-half onslaught.
“Within the first half we had some issues bodily, we weren’t sharp, we weren’t proper. We tried to seek out out who’s prepared [after the international break] and it was not an ideal alternative,” stated supervisor Jurgen Klopp.
“That is why we modified just about all the pieces within the second-half, tactically and bodily. Second half, we managed it utterly and it was a extremely good recreation then. We deserved to win in the long run, that is clear.”
Wolves have been left to rue missed alternatives, none extra so than when Neto once more beat his man to dink a cross into Matheus Cunha who inexplicably chested the ball as a substitute of stooping to move house from shut vary and prolong his staff’s lead.
“It seems to be like a snug win for Liverpool nevertheless it wasn’t comfy for a lot of the afternoon,” stated Wolves supervisor Gary O’Neil. “Once we have been on prime, we may have in all probability taken one or two extra … To have pushed Liverpool so shut was an ideal effort.”
