- As Arne Slot’s side suffer big blow to top-five hopes
Captain Virgil van Dijk was among Liverpool’s flop on Tuesday night as the Reds blew a glorious chance to move into the Premier League’s top four by slumping to a humiliating 2-1 loss away to bottom club, Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineux Stadium.
Wolves players celebrate their sweet victoryAfter a strangely subdued first-half showing, the Reds pinned the basement boys back in the second half but failed to turn their possession into clear-cut chances. Then, with just 12 minutes to go, Tolu Arokodare bullied Virgil van Dijk in the air, before putting Rodrigo Gomes through to score with Wolves’ first shot of any variety all evening.
Liverpool did manage to draw themselves level through Mohamed Salah, but the Egyptian’s first league goal since November rather tellingly came from a misplaced pass from Jean-Ricner Bellegarde – as if to underline the visitors’ inability to create chances from open play without the injured Florian Wirtz.
Despite the Arne Slot’s side still looking the more likely winners at that point, they ended up slumping to another embarrassing defeat in a season of shocking setbacks after conceding an injury-time winner for a record-breaking fifth time across a single Premier League campaign
It was a night England defender, Joe Gomez would not forget in a hurry as he deflected a long-range shot from Brazilian player, Andre and watched in horror as the ball flew past Keeper Alisson Becker into the back of the net.
As expected, the Molineux erupted in wild jubilation, thanks to Andre’s all important winning goal that secured Wolves a monumental three points while leaving the defending Premier League champions, Liverpool’s Champions League dream in tatters
