Jurgen Klopp admitted Liverpool’s first-half struggles left him questioning his aspect – earlier than the Reds hit again to win at Wolves.
Andrew Robertson’s late strike and Hugo Bueno’s injury-time personal purpose accomplished Liverpool’s 3-1 victory at Molineux.
Cody Gakpo had levelled earlier within the second half as Liverpool earned a 3rd comeback victory of the season and fourth straight win. They at the moment are unbeaten in 16 Premier League video games, stretching again to final season.
Hwang Hee-Chan’s opener had put vibrant Wolves in command and solely a surprising miss from Matheus Cunha stopped them from including to their lead.
Klopp had criticised the early kick-off after the worldwide break – with Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Alisson and Alexis Mac Allister all coming back from South America on Friday – and conceded he was anxious throughout a wretched first half.
He stated: “In the first half I thought ‘WTF?’ a couple of times. We were not ready in the first half but Wolves did really well.
“With these boys, some of them we’ve had seven, eight, nine weeks with, some of them longer, I know if they can be, they are there. Today they couldn’t in a lot of moments.
“I know if you get through the first half with a reasonable result, you can turn it.
“The team needed help and we could deliver the help a little bit with the changes and change of system. They were completely different halves.
“The same players who looked rusty in the first half, in the second half it looked much easier.
“Wolves played a super first half but in the second half we were really good and controlled the game.
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“We stayed calm, there was no rush, 3-1 was a result I didn’t expect after 20 minutes but during the second half we deserved it.”
Wolves dominated early and Hwang grabbed a seventh-minute purpose when he swept in Pedro Neto’s low cross.
Livewire Neto precipitated chaos and he gift-wrapped an opportunity for Cunha after 33 minutes when he breezed previous Joe Gomez to cross for the striker to miscue an unmarked header from 5 yards.
It saved Liverpool within the sport and, after introducing Luis Diaz on the break, the guests levelled 10 minutes later.
Gakpo and Diaz managed to smuggle the ball to Salah on the precise and his low ball was turned in by the unmarked Gakpo.
Wolves misplaced all their first-half fearlessness, failing to create one other likelihood, but it surely took till the 86th minute for Liverpool to capitalise.
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Jose Sa’s poor clearance fell for Robertson simply inside Wolves’ half. The defender burst ahead to swap passes with Salah and end from seven yards.
Harvey Elliott’s 20-yard strike then deflected off Bueno in stoppage time to seal victory.
Wolves boss Gary O’Neil stated: “If you look at the two sides, the gap in quality, it takes a big effort to close that.
“I thought we did for a very long time. The organisation and structure managed to help us bridge that gap.
“When we were on top we could have taken one or two of our good situations.
“We were digging in and then we make a strange decision, create a bit of chaos and concede the second goal.
“At 1-1 they’ve had a lot of the ball but we made a strange decision and it cost us a goal. Up until 80 minutes to have pushed Liverpool that close was a very good effort.
“We conceded a crazy second goal which is what I’ve been trying to get out of the players since I’ve been here.”
