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Liverpool’s torrid season continued as they slumped to defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers, who boosted their Premier League survival hopes with a big victory.
The Reds were looking to avoid losing a third successive Premier League away match for the first time since 2012, but fell behind after just five minutes when Hwang Hee-chan’s cross deflected off Joel Matip into the Liverpool net.
It got worse for Jurgen Klopp’s side just seven minutes later as poor defending allowed Craig Dawson to mark his debut with a goal, driving in from close range.
Liverpool managed just one shot on target in a dreadful first-half display, but came out with more fight after the break.
Andy Robertson had a goalbound shot blocked and Mohamed Salah clipped a decent effort just wide of the post, before Darwin Nunez drove straight at Jose Sa as Wolves dropped further back.
But the hosts soaked up the pressure before hitting their opponents on the counter-attack, Ruben Neves finishing after great work by Adama Traore.
Victory moves Wolves out of the relegation zone up to 15th, while Liverpool remain 10th.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
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Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
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Squad number15Player nameDawson
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Squad number23Player nameKilman
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Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
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Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
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Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves
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Squad number5Player nameLemina
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Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes
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Squad number21Player nameSarabia
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Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
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Squad number9Player nameJiménez
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Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence
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Squad number19Player nameJonny
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Squad number28Player nameJoão Moutinho
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Squad number37Player nameTraoré
Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 15DawsonBooked at 45mins
- 23Kilman
- 3Aït-NouriSubstituted forCastro Ottoat 84′minutes
- 11Hwang Hee-chanSubstituted forTraoréat 42′minutes
- 8Neves
- 5LeminaSubstituted forPodenceat 83′minutes
- 27Nunes
- 21SarabiaSubstituted forJoão Moutinhoat 60′minutes
- 12Santos Carneiro Da CunhaSubstituted forJiménezat 60′minutes
Substitutes
- 4Collins
- 9Jiménez
- 10Podence
- 19Castro Otto
- 25Bentley
- 28João Moutinho
- 37Traoré
- 59Hodge
- 64Bueno
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 32Matip
- 2GomezBooked at 75mins
- 26RobertsonSubstituted forTsimikasat 86′minutes
- 8KeïtaSubstituted forHendersonat 65′minutes
- 43BajceticSubstituted forElliottat 77′minutes
- 6Thiago AlcántaraSubstituted forMilnerat 85′minutes
- 11Salah
- 27Núñez
- 18GakpoSubstituted forOxlade-Chamberlainat 85′minutes
Substitutes
- 7Milner
- 14Henderson
- 15Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 17Jones
- 19Elliott
- 21Tsimikas
- 28Carvalho
- 47Phillips
- 62Kelleher
- Referee:
- Paul Tierney
- Attendance:
- 31,664
Live Text
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Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Liverpool 0.
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Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, Liverpool 0.
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Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by James Milner.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Maximilian Kilman.
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Attempt blocked. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantinos Tsimikas.
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Attempt saved. Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adama Traoré with a through ball.
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Craig Dawson.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Konstantinos Tsimikas replaces Andrew Robertson.
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Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Thiago.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Cody Gakpo.
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Attempt blocked. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joël Matip.
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Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jonny replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri.
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Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Daniel Podence replaces Mario Lemina because of an injury.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Attempt missed. Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Maximilian Kilman.
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Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Stefan Bajcetic.
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Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Maximilian Kilman tries a through ball, but Raúl Jiménez is caught offside.
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