• last year
Will Rooney reports from Molineux.
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00:00 Well, full-time here at Molineux, finished Wolves 1 at Beggy Park and Liverpool 3.
00:05 Liverpool not at their best yet again, but at 13 points now on the board,
00:10 so in their opening five Premier League games, four victories and a draw.
00:13 Of course, that draw being on the opening day of Chelsea and Liverpool.
00:18 First half, they were really poor.
00:19 They were very fortunate not to go in.
00:22 More than the goal behind, because they were lucky.
00:25 It's Wanky Chan who gave Wolves a lead in the seven minutes.
00:28 Pedro Neto just skipped into Liverpool's box.
00:31 It was so poor from Liverpool's defending.
00:34 Hoang was left free at the back post.
00:37 And he converted us.
00:38 I say Liverpool were poor on the first half.
00:39 They couldn't really get going.
00:41 Failed to create any real clear-cut chances.
00:44 And Wolves were certainly...
00:47 Wolves have been ruined the fact that they didn't go in more than the goal ahead.
00:53 Matthias Cunha had a big chance in the 34th minute of ball coming to the box.
00:57 And he just got his finish all wrong completely.
01:00 Yards out from goal and just couldn't convert.
01:03 And Liverpool sort of ended the first half a little bit better.
01:08 Mo Salah having a shot blocked after Jose Sarr, the Wolves' keeper, had spilled an Andy Robertson cross.
01:14 Well, it was the changes that Jürgen Klopp made that ended up getting Liverpool on top.
01:19 Alexis McAllister was really poor in the first half.
01:25 And unsurprisingly, he come off.
01:27 He just looked jaded after his international exploit with Argentina.
01:31 And he was substituted.
01:34 Replaced by Luis Diaz, who helped get Liverpool back on the front foot.
01:38 And in the 55th minute, they were level.
01:41 It was Mo Salah who got a hat-trick of assists.
01:43 Put a cross in and there was Cody Gappo to finish from close range.
01:47 Actually, Gappo was substituted immediately after that.
01:51 Darwin Nunes came on and Liverpool continued on the front foot.
01:54 But they had to wait until the 85th minute.
01:56 It was Andy Robertson with the goal.
01:58 He picked it up on the halfway line.
02:00 It was a poor clearance from the goalkeeper.
02:02 And he just picked it up, wall, ace, to space.
02:05 Gave some up Salah on the right and just carried on his run into the box.
02:08 Burst into the box, got the ball back from Salah and finished 2-1 Liverpool.
02:13 And then in stoppage time, Liverpool got the third.
02:16 Harvey Elliott's shot, after being teased up by Salah, was deflected by Hugo Bueno.
02:22 And went in via the post.
02:24 Liverpool needed that little bit of luck.
02:27 That's nine points now from the 13 that Liverpool have accrued from losing positions.
02:33 Which is a sign of real battling quality, to be fair, for the Reds.
02:36 And there were some positives to say.
02:38 As I say, Salah, free assist, Harvey Elliott was good off the bench.
02:40 Nunes again, a handful, and Jerell Ponsa made his fair start for Liverpool, the 20-year-olds.
02:47 In the absence of Virgil van Dijk, who was suspended, and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
02:51 With a hamstring injury.
02:53 So, I have to say, Liverpool building plenty of momentum.
02:56 And now the look towards that Europa League game on Thursday night.
03:00 Jürgen Klopp's shot to make changes up.
03:02 Positive so far, definitely things to improve on.
03:05 But yeah, Liverpool 13 points from five games, still unbeaten.
03:09 End of the year, Wolves 1, Liverpool 3.

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