holders Liverpool Wolves’ FA Cup third-round tie at Anfield on Saturday was undone by two defensive blunders that earned them a 2-2 draw and a replay.
An unrelated seemed to be recovered from Liverpool AllisonThe initial gift of Goncalo Guedes to give Wolves the lead when Darwin Nunez and Mohammad Salah Both sides scored at half time.
But poor defending from Jurgen Klopp’s side allowed a substitute Hwang Hye-chan Molineux later this month to give the team a 19th place finish in the Premier League.
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Liverpool, featuring a debut for the new Dutch forward Cody GakpoThe game started slowly and paid off after 26 minutes.
In the list of errors, Thiago First Alisson lost the ball from a throw out and when the ball came to the Liverpool goalkeeper he passed straight to Guedes who thankfully conceded a simple finish.
The hosts, looking a little shell-shocked by the concession, offered little to suggest an equalizer was coming. But a moment of brilliance saw them go into the half-time interval on level terms.
After losing in midfield, Trent Alexander-Arnold Picked up the ball on halfway and volleyed home a first time volley with a brilliant diagonal pass at the feet of Núñez who skillfully side-footed home.
Coming out of half-time with more intensity, Liverpool soon found themselves in front.
There was an element of luck involved as Salah was clearly in an offside position from a pass from Wolves’ defence. But Totti’s attempted header fell to Salah’s feet and was deemed to have been rendered by a VAR review before the Egyptian was deflected into the corner of the net.
It looked like it was up to Wolves to challenge but more sloppy defending from Liverpool allowed them to level the game again at 2-2.
Huang was allowed to advance towards Liverpool’s box before slipping the ball to a friend’s substitute. Matheus Cunha and moving inward to meet the return pass after parrying his attempt Ibrahima Konate And back against the forward before squirming through Alison’s leg.
More drama was to come when Wolves thought they had a stunning late winner through Totti only to be denied by the raising of an offside flag. A lengthy VAR check followed but, to the fury of Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui on the sideline, offside was confirmed.
While Wolves left feeling they could have had more, they will have another chance to knock out last season’s FA Cup winners in a home replay in 10 days’ time.
