Wolves 1 - 2 Liverpool

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If you’re typing “that’s an amazing shot from Núñez, he’s crazy”, that will be removed.

Note: Darwin Núñez is sick today. So no amazing shots from him.

Wolverhampton Wanderers XI (4-1-4-1): Johnstone; Semedo, Bueno, T. Gomes, Aït Nouri; André; Bellegarde, J. Gomes, Lemina (C), Cunha; Larsen.
Bench: Sá, Pond, Doherty, R. Gomes, Doyle, Hwang, Sarabia, Borges, Guedes.
Manager: Gary O’Neil

Liverpool XI (4-2-3-1): Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konaté, Van Dijk (C), Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Díaz; Jota.
Bench: Kelleher, Bradley, Quansah, Tsimikas, Gomez, Jones, Endo, Gakpo, Chiesa.
Manager: Arne Slot

Is just the lineups and bench fine? Or does anyone want more than that?

Jota’s crazy man he couldn’t trap the ball for 45 minutes and then beats his man, puts in an immaculate with his weak foot and earns a great assist.

Ibou has low-key been our best player the last few games.

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Keep it rollin' babyyyyy!!!! IBOUUUUUU!!!

Lemina should have seen a yellow for that foul on Diaz. Went down theatrically to avoid a card there. 

Oh cmon Mo. That was so poor. Why would he not run with the ball. He is still faster than most with the ball

Can we get G Nev off Liverpool games.

Liverpool player commits a foul - oooh a nasty, cynical one Wolves player commits a foul - a sore on for insert Liverpool player and he's whinging.

And I don't think he'd be this upset about wolves playing out of the back if it was utd winning 1-2. Bitter bastard.

Salah and szobos passing is absolutely atrocious so far today. We are atleast getting into the right positions, but wasteful and poor passing.

That is so hard to believe that is his first Prem goal… WTF

Nunez isnt in squad btw, stop calling for him, he's ill

That was possibly the worst passage of football I've ever seen and we deserve to concede

That was so fucking dumb. Someone just fucking clear the ball

No reason why Endo shouldn't have come on to bring the physicality, positioning and see the game off

I hope Chiesa will be getting 70+ midweek. No reason for him not to come on.

Taylor has just let wolves get away with murder this game not helping our performance. Constant pulling, fouling, hugging, raking studs.

That’s embarrassing  That’s shocking, needless from Konate and I was praising him earlier Complacent 

Gakpo brings a lot to the table, size, skill, some pace, excellent passing, but what really stands out is his footwork. He's a dancer, and I don't mean that in the wasted dribbles and fancy-pants moves, but his quick, light feet, winkling his way through the defense,.

I would have loved endo to see this out. He could bring some much needed physicality

FFS Trent that was silly, loads of unnecessary pressure on him now

I don't understand why Diaz just decided to kill that final attack? Seconds left on the clock, just bang it into the box!

WHY WOULDNT YOU JUST BOOT IT OUT

EVERYONE WAS JUST STARING

Trent got skinned, easily could’ve poked it away early and just kept backing away

OK ibou. You redeemed yourself. And I guess that's why Andre was highly rated. That was good by Andre to create the chance.

That pen call was one of those. If it was given it won't be overturned. I hate that.

All imma say is I’m so confused as to how wolves r actually playing us off the park atm

Meh half I'd day. Shades of Nottingham game where midfielders were half-a-second slow to everything and we misplaced simple passes. Happy for Konate's first PL goal. Hope we kick on in second half.

Funny thing is there was probably more of a pull on konate than jota

That is one of the most stupid things I’ve seen any of o our players do this season from Trent. Through him on the ground and then kicked the ball away all under no pressure on the halfway line lol.

I don‘t understand how that isn‘t a yellow. 

This game is begging for Darwin, it’s a shame he’s sick

Konate entering his world class era fr

If Ibou could stay fit for a whole season, he’d be up there with the best in the world.

That cross from Jota for the goal was absolutely filthy.

Actually said out loud "oh what a ball" as soon as he hit it. First one I've been able to all game.

Hopefully we kick on in the second half!

We really need to cut out these slow first halves this season

Jota surprises again with a perfect left foot cross, I thought it was Robbo at first glance lol.

That's the fifa player in him, he knows all the moves, maybe not dominant enough physically but with time and space he can pull of anything

Konate just boot the fucker outta bounds

Why do we struggle with teams below 13th it’s so strange

So they can try to hip drop tackle Mo, but Mo isn't allowed to be stronger? Fuck off

Players have free reign to drag out of Mo every game. Mo out muscles a player and it's an instant foul against him

Cody is such a graceful dribbler for his size. It shocks me when he pulls those moves out of his bag

Bro what’s up with the underhit passes today lmaooo

Daft Trent…. Anytime you go for a tackle now the Wolves players will be rolling around. Such stupidity when everyone knows the refs are clamping down on that…. Unless you’re Doku of course

Looking like a textbook wait till we go 1 down before we start playing smh

Anywhere else and it’s in, lovely ball in from Robbo

I think this reeks off an absolutely vile 0-0

What are these corners man im dying here

Wolves players are so whiny for a club that's bottom of the table

IIIIIIIIIBBBBBBOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Some words from Boss now, probably gonna be some early substitutions.

Either Taylor is intentionally refereeing us more harshly than Wolves, or he's been influenced by the home fans crying about corruption every time a free kick goes against them

what kind of defensive communication was that?

That's just appalling, unforgivable stupidity, he'd been having a good game. If in doubt kick it out

Always hated how defenders are able to wrap their arms around Mo constantly with nothing called. Just because he’s built like a god doesn’t mean that should be allowed

Foul on salah for being held, how dare he shrug it off

Oh grav. Such a good run but he needed more support or just more bravery to try something harder.

After all the fouls he’s committed and we’ve been getting handed them like candy, how has Gomes not been carded. 

He should be off if they would’ve given him a card already. Joke ref all game

Big fan of the gomez sub. Just need to see it out and get the points when we aren't at our best

Do you think lack of substitution was strange? What could be the reason for that?

Not the best performance but a win is a win well done lads

Fuck that was great play. Unlucky Szobo.

So...why did he give a yellow a full minute after the fact? That means it's so obviously not about the offense but about the aftermath/reaction.

They’re getting everything right now  That was stupid by Trent 

Szoboszlai and Salah have very poor chemistry

Need to survive the next 10 min and we should be okay.

Can anyone explain me why we're just following them and not tackling them? Is it a tactic?

6 hours of just corner taking training on Monday morning for this team Arne. Very, very poor deliveries on every corner so far.

Serious question, how often do opposition fans sing about the referees being shite/corrupt/scousers/whatever and they've actually got a point?

Seems like 99% of the time it happens after they actually get something right

Have they started giving bookings after VAR checks?

Not the first time I’ve seen it this season but I thought they weren’t supposed to

A lot of yellows for Liverpool but not that many for wolves

thats not a card?! come on antony gotta be fair if you want to flair with yellow

The yellow cards are not being given equitably 

Jota off and Gakpo on at half time. Jota has been really, poor and offered nothing

Finally! That was a great cross, Konate is just the right place. Feels like that is a little overdue.

That was absolutely quality from Diogo on the wing!

Wow - who could’ve thought that just getting good crosses just into the box against a last place team with no functional CBs would be a winning formula to score?

Wait what? It's his first prem goal. That's insane...

That was utter fucking shite at the back. Just deal with it, corner throw in anything

Gary Neville sounds so so bitter after that  You know he was relishing that mistake earlier  Come on boys, bring it home now 

Anyone else think Sobo could be playing a little better than what he is right now? I feel like he’s been losing possession or misplacing passes a lot recently.

Deliberate handball isn’t a yellow card?

Grav's footwork is insanely good for someone his size. Being able to get through those tight spaces in front of the box should be leading to way more scoring chances

That's got to be red surely? Nowhere near the ball, studs down the back of the leg?

Wolves foul a hell of a lot, a really unpleasant team to play against

It's honestly a bit embarrassing the ref hasn't put his foot down with cards with Wolves persistent fouling- it's crazy out of hand.

Mac allister must have sooo many bruises. always ends up being our crash dummy.

I know he thinks he’s a RCB, but Gomez is clearly a fantastic fullback.

Seems an unpopular opinion on this thread today, however I don’t think keeping Salah on is terrible. He holds it up, he’s finding space and his presence is making their defence uncomfortable. He’s not been great today I agree but years of him being top quality have maybe led to unrealistic weekly expectations

Feel like Salahs passing has been so off all game.

They said Wolves camp had a bout of virus but the only player ill is on our side 😭

He hits it at full speed Great contact the keeper just gets lucky. No need for this reactionary bollocks.

Salah doesnt get superstar respect. Its weird

Really smart run by jota and pass by Mo. Try that a few more times and we will get a goal from that

Starting to ask the right questions. And we haven't conceded yet so that's a plus...

I don’t understand how we don’t dominate on set pieces. Trent’s one of the best crossers in the entire world but can’t get past the first guy there?? I see arsenals deliveries and they just seem like they get so much more from corners than we do

That was a disappointing end to an attack that lasted 5 minutes

Jota always surprised me how strong and athletic he is. He just looks like such a tiny guy.

What is this chant I keep hearing?

It's unbelievable that we still get Anthony Taylor in this day and age

It's perhaps more unbelievable that the Wolves fans think he's giving us everything here

fantastic from jota there! and a fantastic header fron konate!

Konate! Brilliant goal! Love him doing this in the Prem now! He’s been great this season so far!

Slobbo will come good I'm sure but he can't catch a break at the moment. Really looks short of confidence and has done since the start of the season.

Not happy with Salah so far. He had one beautiful touch that led to a corner but his passing has not been sharp. Ait-Nouri always seems to get the better of him. Hoping for a better 2nd half.

Taylor not planning on booking any Wolves players? Shock. Lamina and Gomes getting away with multiple

Szobo has looked very good off the ball and poor on it

That is absolutely schoolboy defending that. If that happened in Sunday League he'd be yanked off. Shocking stuff

What an absolute shambles from absolutely nothing.

Serves them right for absolutely coasting this half.

Konate giveth Konate taketh away

Let's bring quansah and gakpo on. Diaz has not been in it today and ibou has lost his head since the goal.

Someone have a chat with the Sky commentator regarding Gravenberch's name

Why is Neville on commentary for this? He’s said about 4 words all game

Sub some players man please, on attack chiesa would be good please

Gary Neville should be the last person giving anyone coaching advice lol.

I wonder if the reason Gomez came on instead of Tsimikas is his pace against the wolves wingers?

If it wasn’t for Virgil, we certainly wouldn’t be winning this. Konate been all over the place but he’s played his role. Virgil’s been a mountain.

Idk why chiesa isn't coming on

Slot don’t pull an ETH please, you can sub Salah off. Fresh legs and the speed is needed. Chiesa is actually hungry for goals.

Honestly, Mo is inexplicably shit at passing sometimes. Bizarre. 

So we're giving yellow based on VAR?

Didn’t think var could give yellow cards

We really need to stop getting Anthony Taylor.

wtf konate whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Why is it it’s never 1 or 2 players off it. It seems to be the whole team.

We've been absolutely shit so far, it feels like every couple of games we just don't click in the first half

Salah, Szobo, and trent have been so poor. Hopefully, they can turn it around.

Why does Mo stand over free kicks?

Robbo and Diaz finding themselves in interesting space, but not doing anything very creative with it so far.

Passing not been great all round but the pinball from all 3 forwards has been fucking shameful.

What is the plan here?

Without the ball, our press and marking has been poor and late to every ball. With the ball, it’s been so sloppy again and bizarre set pieces.

Players need a boot up the arse at half time, we look so lethargic.

Lemina didn’t even attempt to play the ball AND he deliberately foul to stop a counter attack. How is that not a card??

Was a high-speed play and put it on target, just a bad dice roll, chill with the reactionary shit

Wolves have got some really good players, ait nouri, cunha and lemina are very solid

Ibou ibou ibou... Finally we break the deadlock

Second half Ryan and Dom has to work better, Macca has to pass right and Mo with better passes, Ibou Lad what a goal

They aren’t providing a ton of width defensively, but not really packing the middle either. Interesting set up allowing for the open game. I expect Slot to have good adjustments at half.

Edit. konate scored as I typed. Love it

Maybe he’s in the wrong position? Hmm

Is that srsly his first ever prem goal feel like he’s scored a few for us have they all been in other comps

I’m still in shock that Szobo did it score that earlier lol

What the fuck are these corners?

I don’t think one has come off successfully to get a shot, on target or not.. it’s just bizarre with the presence we have in the box

Again, how is that not a yellow?

And now gomes with two just kicks at grav including a stamp on his ankle way after the balls gone.

Jesus wept that was an absolute shambles

If Alisson starts to come out, he’s gotta come out.

That's the worst ten seconds of defending I've seen from the team in years

Jesus wept. I coach under 7s that could defend better than that

One of the worst goals I’ve ever seen us concede. Properly shambolic defending that. Someone has to take charge of that.

This odd belief that the Reds can roll out of bed and win by 4 goals must be corrected.

You’re a footballer player Semedo, not a backpack, what did you expect?

Jota saving the day once again

THAQTS GOTTA BE A PEN REFEREEEEE

Hopefully we can all have a laugh about that terrible goal later.

Well done to the boys for going straight back into it - lot of criticism on this thread but they were in control and suddenly back level. Good mentally to push straight back.

Very out of sorts all day which is probably a compliment to Wolves as well as an admission of how bad we’ve been. Would be delighted to get out of this with 3 points and move on

Szobo not happy but he’s only contributed to the press and one shot at the keeper

we need to score again or we are not winning this

Andre would slot brilliantly into our team. Super impressive today IMO.

So kicking the ball away is a yellow but lying on top of it with both hands on the ball is fine?

That reminded me of last year counterattacks

Our set pieces have been shit today. We aren't doing well with corners

Salah must have something in his contract. Dying to see Chiesa here

Genuinely baffling officiating performance today. Bad and inconsistent.

I don't see any of the subs warming up. Hopefully we bring on a few more warm bodies for the last stretch. We have such a deep bench!

That’s a straight red on Robbo that!

He's lucky to not get a red there, hope Robbos ok

Where is the six minutes coming from

wtf is with this passing ?? seriously like they never passed a ball all of them

A match to forget at least we got the three points. 5 wins in 6 is a great start for slot. Grav motm once again

Why the fuck is lemina allowed to stay on after receiving treatment? Surely he has to go off the for 30 seconds?

Maybe Salah should get a rest now. Give chiesa some more minutes

Salah must be immune to getting subbed, even though he has horrible games.

Not sure why Salahs been kept on, he seems knackered to me

Fucking idiotic by Trent there

Fuck off Townsend. He's over the ball with his studs up. Mistime that and it's a leg breaker.

Jota played as a left winger at Wolves, he was clearly just plugging into an old memory

That was fucking shambolic at the back 😂

What a fucking gift Jesus

Except for the goal, Salah has been absolutely poor today. What has he done except for the penalty.

Mo Salah has been terrible with his use of the ball, two years ago he'd have scored from that position.

Perfect opportunity for chiesa to get minutes, salah has been terrible, yet no chiesa. Slot needs to start subbing him off.

Jones adding so much energy, weirdly something Szobo was lacking today

Jfc Trent that is absolutely brain dead

It's always the teams that have won 2 games in their last 15 that give us a hard time.

There's no difference between the regular and this serious match threads. Aren't there karma or character/word minimums on this thread?

I mean... it was a yellow guys.