Liverpool vs Wolves LIVE: Premier League result, score and reaction after Reds miss out on title
Follow the action as Liverpool failed to snatch the Premier League title from Man City
Liverpool’s bid for an unprecedented quadruple of major trophies ended in agonizing fashion on Sunday despite coming from behind to beat Wolves 3-1 on the final day of the Premier League.
Jurgen Klopp’s team also needed Manchester City to drop points against Aston Villa — managed by Liverpool great Steven Gerrard — and the leaders recovered from two goals down to win 3-2 in a dramatic finale at Etihad .
Liverpool finished a point behind City — just like in the 2018-19 season — and missed out on a record-tying 20th English league championship.
It is still an extraordinary season for Liverpool, who won both the FA Cup and League Cup and will play in the Champions League final against Real Madrid next weekend.
Pedro Neto gave Wolves the lead in the third minute after Ibrahima Konate misjudged a long ball forward, allowing Raul Jimenez to run through and cross for Neto to tap in.
Sadio Mane equalized in the 24th, and Liverpool wound up fulfilling its part of the final-day bargain by scoring through Mohamed Salah and Andrew Robertson in the final six minutes.
Follow all the action from Liverpool vs Wolves below:
GOAL! Man City 0 - 1 Aston Villa (Cash, 37’)⚽️
37 mins: Oh my word! Lucas Digne is played down the left wing and he bombs it up to the side of the box before hanging the ball into the middle of the area. Matty Cash weaves in front of Joao Cancelo, leaps towards the ball and heads it into the back of the net!
Man City 0 - 0 Aston Villa
36 mins: Aston Villa are already doing a lot to take time out of the game. They’re resetting slowly, taking their time to get up from fouls, stretching after tackles. Game management at it’s finest.
Liverpool 1 - 1 Wolves
35 mins: Liverpool have had 11 shots already. Alexander-Arnold and Keita combine on the right wing to play the midfielder in behind Rayan Ait-Nouri. He whips across a quick pass but can’t find a teammate and the attack dies down.
Man City 0 - 0 Aston Villa
32 mins: Chance! Phil Foden nicks the ball high up the pitch and pokes it up to Gabriel Jesus. He carries the ball into the box, shimmies around Tyrone Mings then shoots but Mings recovers enough to deflect the shot wide of the left-hand post. Corner to City.
Man City 0 - 0 Aston Villa
30 mins: Pep Guardiola calls Bernardo Silva over to the touchline and hurriedly relays a bunch of instructions. City haven’t been able to get the ball to Kevin De Bruyne as Villa have closed him down brilliantly.
The visitors have been able to defend City’s set pieces and have looked troublesome when countering. They’ve made it through half an hour without conceding. Nerves will start to creep in on City the longer this goes on.
Liverpool 1 - 1 Wolves
27 mins: Chance! The game at the Etihad is positively sedate in comparison to the action at Anfield. Trent Alexander-Arnold has a shot blocked from the edge of the box but the rebound comes back to him. He sends it back to Jordan Henderson who flicks it over to the back post. Andy Robertson meets it on the volley and fires his effort over the crossbar!
GOAL! Liverpool 1 - 1 Wolves (Mane, 24’)⚽️
24 mins: Equaliser! This is world-class from Thiago. Ibrahima Konate carries the ball through midfield and passes it up to Thiago Alcantara. Before the ball arrives he has a look and spots Conor Coady stepping up in an attempt to play Sadio Mane offside. Thiago backheels the ball round the corner and gets it to Mane and the flag stays down. Mane dribbles into the box and slots it past Jose Sa to bring Liverpool back on level terms.
Man City 0 - 0 Aston Villa
23 mins: Aston Villa have been pretty solid off the ball but when they regain possession they’re finding it really difficult to play out. Man City win a corner that Robin Olsen plucks out of the air.
Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolves
21 mins: There’s a stoppage at Anfield as Pedro Neto has gone down off the ball. It looks like he’s aggrivated his old injury and Bruno Lage knows he can’t play on.
Hwang Hee-chan is quickly stripped and Wolves make the substitution.
Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolves
18 mins: Chance! It’s almost 2-0 to Wolves after Ruben Neves threads the ball over to Pedro Neto who’s made a decent run in behind Trent Alexander-Arnold. He carries the ball into the left side of the box and passes it through the legs of Joel Matip. Leander Dendoncker makes his way in behind the centre-back and whips his first-time shot wide of the near post!
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