Saturday, 28 January 2017

The Emirates Cup : Liverpool terkleuar dr saingan dek gigitan serigala jadian


  • Defender Richard Stearman put Wolves in front inside the first minute of the game with a close-range header
  • Andreas Weimann doubled Wolves' lead later in the first half after rounding Loris Karius and slotting home
  • Jurgen Klopp's side suffer third consecutive Anfield defeat inside a week as Championship side progress
  • Divock Origi cut the deficit when he thumped home from close range in the dying minutes at the Kop end 

Wolves caused a major FA Cup upset at Anfield to complete one of the worst weeks of Jurgen Klopp’s managerial career.

Klopp had said he wanted Paul Lambert to leave Anfield empty-handed but instead it is Liverpool whose prospects this season are now beginning to look threadbare.

Liverpool youngster Ejaria looks to take the ball forwards as he wards off the attentions of Wolves' Lee Evans

As the Championship strugglers celebrated a famous win by doing the Icelandic thunderclap in honour of their substitute, Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, Liverpool were left contemplating a third defeat at Anfield in seven days; a run that has seen them bow out of two cup competitions and leave their Premier League title prospects dangling by a thread before Tuesday’s clash against Chelsea.  
Liverpool have plunged into crisis after three home defeats in a week with Chelsea next up

‘I feel responsible for this performance. I thought we could do better,’ said Klopp after watching a line-up including three teenagers and a right-back, Connor Randall, who hadn’t played this season, crumble. ‘I don’t feel they let me down — I am the one responsible for the line-up.’  


Liverpool (4-3-3): Karius 6; Randall 6 (Coutinho 45 6), Klavan 6, Gomez 6, Moreno 5.5; Ejaria 7 (Can 74), Lucas 5.5, Wijnaldum 6; Woodburn 6, Origi 6.5, Firmino 6 (Sturridge 65 6.5)

Subs not used: Mignolet (Gk), Milner, Can, Stewart, Wilson

Goalscorers: Origi 86

Booked: Wijnaldum

Wolves (4-5-1): Burgoyne 7, Coady 7, Stearman 7, Hause 6.5, Doherty 6.5; Weimann 7 (Mason 77 6), Evans 6, Edwards 7, Saville 6, Costa 8 (Ronan 67 6); Dicko 6 (Bodvarsson 71 6)

Subs not used: Lonergan (Gk), Batth, Enobakhare, Gibbs-White

Goalscorers: Stearman 1, Weimann 41

Booked: Stearman, Hause, Evans

Referee: Pawson 6

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