Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Liverpool, 2024-25 English Premier League
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Liverpool top Premier League after tense win over Wolves
Ibrahima Konate headed home his first ever Premier League goal and Mohamed Salah converted a penalty as Liverpool climbed to the top of the Premier League table with a 2-1 victory over last-place Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 5': Attempt saved. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
- 6': Foul by Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 6': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool).
- 6': Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 6': Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
- 7': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 7': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 8': Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 8': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': André (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 9': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
- 15': Attempt missed. Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde with a cross.
- 16': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
- 17': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
- 22': Attempt saved. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
- 22': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 22': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 25': Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 26': Attempt blocked. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 26': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Mario Lemina.
- 28': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
- 30': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 30': Foul by André (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 30': André (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 32': Attempt saved. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 35': Foul by Diogo Jota (Liverpool).
- 35': Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Delay in match because of an injury Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 36': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 36': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 40': Attempt saved. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross.
- 40': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
- 40': Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luis Díaz with a headed pass following a corner.
- 41': Delay in match because of an injury Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 43': Foul by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 43': Luis Díaz (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Delay in match because of an injury Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Toti Gomes.
- 45'+2': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Liverpool 1. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Jota with a cross following a corner.
- 45'+3': Attempt missed. Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right. Assisted by Jørgen Strand Larsen.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Liverpool 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Liverpool 1.
- 46': Foul by Luis Díaz (Liverpool).
- 46': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 49': Foul by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 50': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 52': Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 52': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 52': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Carlos Forbs replaces Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
- 56': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Liverpool 1. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner.
- 59': Foul by Jørgen Strand Larsen (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 59': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Penalty Liverpool. Diogo Jota draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 59': Penalty conceded by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 61': Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Liverpool 2. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 63': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool).
- 63': Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Mario Lemina is caught offside.
- 65': Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
- 66': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 66': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 68': Attempt missed. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
- 68': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Jørgen Strand Larsen.
- 71': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Santiago Bueno.
- 72': Attempt blocked. Carlos Forbs (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Matheus Cunha.
- 72': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
- 72': Diogo Jota (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Santiago Bueno (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 73': Substitution, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo replaces Luis Díaz.
- 73': Substitution, Liverpool. Curtis Jones replaces Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 74': Foul by Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
- 74': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Hand ball by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 76': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 77': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tommy Doyle replaces Santiago Bueno.
- 78': Attempt saved. Curtis Jones (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
- 78': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
- 82': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Toti Gomes.
- 83': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Toti Gomes.
- 83': Attempt missed. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister with a cross following a corner.
- 84': Curtis Jones (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 87': Andy Robertson (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Foul by Carlos Forbs (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 87': Carlos Forbs (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 87': Delay in match because of an injury Andy Robertson (Liverpool).
- 88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 89': Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Andy Robertson because of an injury.
- 89': Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 89': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 89': Offside, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo is caught offside.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90'+4': Offside, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo is caught offside.
- 90'+6': Foul by Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 90'+6': Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Liverpool 2.
- 0': Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Liverpool 2.
Statistics
 LIV |
WOL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 16 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 10 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 4 |
| 55.4 | Possession | 44.6 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 455 | Accurate Passes | 357 |
| 534 | Passes | 426 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 21 | Crosses | 15 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 40 | Long Balls | 41 |
| 15 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 10 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 10 | Effective Clearances | 23 |
| 10 | Clearances | 23 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: Molineux Stadium
Location: Wolverhampton, England
Attendance: 31,413
Venue: Molineux Stadium
Location: Wolverhampton, England
Attendance: 31,413
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 16 | +21 | 39 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 17 | +18 | 35 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 17 | +18 | 33 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | +4 | 31 |
Line-Ups
Wolverhampton Wanderers (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 31 | Sam Johnstone (GK) |
| 24 | Toti Gomes |
| 4 | Santiago Bueno |
| 7 | André  |
| 3 | Rayan Aït-Nouri |
| 22 | Nélson Semedo |
| 8 | João Gomes |
| 5 | Mario Lemina |
| 27 | Jean-Ricner Bellegarde |
| 10 | Matheus Cunha |
| 9 | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
Liverpool (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson Becker (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| 5 | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 26 | Andrew Robertson |
| 66 | Trent Alexander-Arnold |
| 8 | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 10 | Alexis Mac Allister |
| 38 | Ryan Gravenberch |
| 20 | Diogo Jota |
| 7 | Luis Díaz |
| 11 | Mohamed Salah |
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