“It was a big [test], the toughest you could get for today but for different reasons. Wolves with Nuno are doing really well but they are pretty different to all the other teams. They use the width of the pitch with Coady’s long balls and when Traore gets the ball he’s pretty much unplayable. [The goal] was a counterattack which makes not too much sense when you’re one goal up, another five or 34 minutes it was Wolves but then the game calmed down a bit.
“The chances we had were incredible. We were four or five times in front of the goalie. We won the game, incredibly difficult, but who cares? We didn’t panic but it is not that we were completely in the mood I wanted at 1-1.
“It’s over when it’s over. Not before. So why should we really think about that? If I hear the message ‘you can lose six games’ [and win title] I could vomit to be honest. ”
“Just to point out, Liverpool are now guaranteed safe from relegation, ” writes David Gray . They’ll be partying on the streets on Merseyside!
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Nuno speaks:
“[Traore] is unique, he has things nobody else has and he is trying to improve because I still think he has a lot of space to grow.”
5). (PM) (EST)
You won’t want to miss Paul Doyle’s match report of that *:
4). (PM) EST : 83
Jordan Henderson: “We had some chances to put the game to bed which is something we want to improve on and kill the game earlier. But we showed the mentality to keep going.
“It’s just about the next game, keep going, every game is the biggest game of the season as the manager keeps saying to us.”
Virgil van Dijk: “You need to give them credit, they played good, they have good players. They’re difficult to break down, created moments of danger and we had to dig deep. We’re not happy about the goal we conceded but how we reacted is a good thing and we know we’re always going to have chances.
Updated (at 5.) PM EST
) (4.) (pm EST : () Full-time: Wolves 1-2 Liverpool
Liverpool) go SIXTEEN points clear with a game in hand. But that’s not half the story! They were pushed harder than they have been all season here – but they found a way through with Firmino’s fine later winner!
Updated (at 5.) (pm EST
(4.) (PM) (EST) :
4 min: One last bite for Wolves but a Doherty throw is cleared. And then …
Updated (at 4.) (pm EST)
2 min: Sky give man of the match to Traore and would anyone disagree? He has been immense. The best team in the world has found him virtually impossible to deal with. Now he goes on another run as we speak … and oh, my !! His cross is yet again right on point and nudged back by Jimenez for Jota .. who screws over from in front of goal! Both managers go berserk for very different reasons. [Traore]
min: . He slaloms across the – yard line and shoots just wide of the near post. Oxlade-Chamberlain’s dynamism is thereafter sacrificed for Fabinho’s diligence.
Updated (at 4.) (pm EST
[Traore] Updated (at 4.) (pm EST)
min: Now a aeves ball arcs across the six-yard line and I have not seen
Liverpool
given this much trouble all season – seriously. (4.) pm EST :
min: what a save from Alisson! Traore has room again and is thwarted by a low one-handed stop as he looks to rake one into the bottom corner! (4.) pm EST :
min: Neto has looked trickily useful at times without quite getting away down that left flank. He does pretty well again but then Wolves are forced back. They sensibly build again from the back; they are controlling this game just now. (4.) pm EST)
min: Oh Oh requests a managerial change –
“With all due respect to Jürgen Klopp, it’s time Liverpool
Nigel Pearson went on these pesky Wolves. ”
Klopp OUT! Pearson IN!
min: minamino does get a shooting chance after good work from Salah but his weighted shot from the edge of the box is blocked – and Firmino blasts the rebound at Patricio.
(4. (pm EST :
(min: Minus Mane, Liverpool just don’t have one of their most potent attacking outlets and are finding it hard to get back up the pitch. They need to get a foothold again here. They always find a way … don’t they?
(min:) Moutinho’s free-kick is punched away by Alisson. Wolves are all over this!
4 (PM) EST : 040
(min:) And Traore is away again … and Robertson is booked for scything him down just outside the area …
min: Traore rips down that right flank again and Liverpool just aren’t handling him. They haven’t met an opponent like this all season. Jimenez can’t quite master his latest cross in a deep position.
4 . EST EST :
(min:) They chant Traore’s name from the stands, and what a delivery that was. Liverpool are on the rack now! It’s game on!
: Goal! Wolves 1-1 Liverpool (Jimenez ()
Updated
(min: Rattling early tempo here, again, and Wolves have come out full of intent. (4) pm EST :
min: Then Neto is sent away by a lucky ricochet, but lacks conviction and Gomez blocks! That, too, was a chance and Wolves may regret not taking it.
[Traore] Updated (at 4.) pm EST
(4.) (PM EST ) : 27
Peeeeeep! We are back underway!
Wolves kick us off! (3) pm EST) 38:
I reckon he’s got that for life now.
(3) (PM) EST : (January) ,
It is a very, very fair point.
(3.) (pm) EST :
Half-time: Wolves 0-1 Liverpool
Salah weaves clear and takes aim, but is thwarted by a brave sliding block from Doherty. Could yet be a crucial moment. And that, there, is the half! That early Henderson header / shoulderer is the difference in a half that has otherwise been pretty even. It started at one heck of a pace and Doherty really should have equalized for Wolves. From the midway point it became a little more nip and tuck but Wolves are well in this, still. For
Liverpool
there is the worry of Mane’s early departure. (min: Jimenez thinks he’s got a clear crack at goal after fine work by Saiss but Van Dijk, giant among men that he is, tracks him all the way and blocks . But Wolves keep the ball alive and do win a left-sided corner … which is well defended by the otherwise quiet Firmino. [Traore] [Traore] [Traore]
Updated at 3. (EST EST)
min:
“Oh dear me, please don’t let it be a bad injury.”
Hands up, I’ve always known this day would come.
3. (pm EST : 60
(min: Whisper it, but have not really created a lot since scoring. 
(3.) (pm EST :
min: Nice control from Jimenez, who takes possession on the left of the area, takes a couple of touches inside, and then drags wide of Alisson’s near post.
Updated (at 3.) pm EST
:
(min:) Minamino has started brightly, his exploits including one implausible spin on halfway that may or may not have been the result of a miscontrol. (3) (PM) (EST) :
A half time score of 0-1 Will make Wolves complacent and the final score of 1-4 will be an equivalent of an ice bucket challenge
This pool team is GLOAT (as per Jonathan Wilson and I totally agree) (January) ,
Big call! From Krish and from Wilson. (3.) (pm) EST
:
min : Yep, it’s the end of Mane. On comes Minamino. I’m sure we will find out what the issue was there soon enough. Mane made his own “substitute me” sign; hopefully it is more precautionary than anything. [Traore] [Traore]
Updated (at 3.) (pm EST)
min: Neto twists into left-sided space but Gomez heads his cross away. It looks as if Mane is injured and may have to come off … he’s gone down …
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