Wolves vs Liverpool LIVE: Result and reaction as Salah penalty gives unconvincing Reds win
Wolves 1-2 Liverpool: The Reds weren’t hugely impressive but Mohamed Salah’s second-half penalty was enough for all three points
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool face Wolves in today’s late kick-off at the Molineux, with Arne Slot’s side looking to retain a place near the top of the Premier League table.
The Reds convincingly beat Bournemouth last time out, recovering from a 1-0 loss to Forest by putting three past their opponents, with Luis Diaz scoring a double.
Wolves took the lead against Aston Villa in their Midlands derby last week, only to lose 3-1 thanks to late goals from Ollie Watkins and Jhon Duran. Gary O’Neil’s side currently sit bottom of the league, with just one point gained and 14 goals conceded, and are looking for their first win of the season in what will surely be a difficult game against Slot’s developing Liverpool team.
Relive all the action from the Premier League match below:
FT: Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
Gary O’Neil is last to speak to Sky. He says that his team “gave everything”, but they “lost control and went off the game-plan when we scored”.
“It’s another game against tough opposition where we were us - we gave the best version of ourselves.
“Gutted for the lads as they deserved something over the last few weeks against tough opposition, but there’s loads of stuff I love.
“You don’t want to keep it frantic and open against Liverpool.
“We got carried away and opened the game up too much, but apart from that there were loads of good bits.
“We could have been more intelligent with the ball, we made some mad decision when we were chasing the game.
“If we keep pushing and scrapping and giving everything like we are we are going to cause some teams problems this year.
“Everyone inside the changing room is giving everything and doing the best they can. That will always be the case.”
Arne Slot also spoke to Sky Sports, and he says that in the short term, the results are more important than the performance.
“For the long term you have to look at the performance. I don’t think we started well but you have to give credit to Wolves.
“They overloaded our right side a lot with many players. That’s why it was difficult at the start but second half we came out much better.
“The energy and intensity was much higher than the first 15 minutes.
“I saw the first goal and what stands out is the patience we have. In general we were much more patient.
The Dutchman goes on to praise Gravnberch and Mac Allister, before addressing Liverpool’s status as potential title contenders.
“We have a lot to prove when we come across the top sides. It’s good that we are where we are at the moment.
“I always try to be realistic, Jurgen’s work has been fantastic. We have to prove we can do it in the Champions League and Premier League.”
FT: Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
Toti Gomes is the Wolves player speaking to Sky, and he calls it “a tough defeat”.
“We started well and we were a bit unlucky suffering the first goal, but we responded immediately in the first half.
“We were not paying attention to some details. We deserved something from this game - at least a point.
“All the details count especially against the big teams. If you do little mistakes they will make a goal and we will suffer.
“It is not easy, but it is a matter of time [until results improve].
“We are not in a good phase, but we have to stick together. We have had tough defeats against big teams but we are going to keep fighting and we have a lot to prove.
“I ask the fans to stick with us, as we are going to keep improving.”
FT: Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
Konate and Gravenberch have been speaking to Sky Sports, and the former says that the team are “really happy”.
“Wolves were very good today and it was tough for us. We did really well”
Gravenberch says a team like Liverpool “has to be in the top four for sure, but we keep pushing”.
Konate adds that “every game is very hard” in the Premier League.
“But the fans expect three points, and we did it. We have an important game on Wednesday and we have to start the recovery now.
““We missed concentration and we have to work on it. Everything cannot be perfect every time. We need more focus during the game.”
Next up
Wolves’ next match sees them travel to Brentford on Saturday, for a 3pm kick-off.
Liverpool host Bologna in the Champions League on Wednesday, before they too travel to south London – they face Crystal Palace in the early kick-off on Saturday.
FT: Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
That result puts Liverpool top of the Premier League, with 15 points. They sit one point above Manchester City and Arsenal.
Wolves sit at the other end of the table, bottom with just one point gained and 10 goals conceded.
FULL-TIME! Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
FULL-TIME! Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
96 mins
Suffice to say that Wolves are playing quite badly. They’re barely even willing to take the risk to throw men forwards as they look for an equaliser.
Another pass is played straight to a red shirt and the referee blows the final whistle!
Liverpool take three points in the end.
Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
95 mins
Time for one more Wolves attack, but it isn’t promising much.
liverpool give it away to Toti, who plays it across to Forbs. They go backwards to Lemina before Semedo plays a poor cross straight to a red shirt.
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