Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 16 February 2025

Score2-1 to Liverpool
RefereeSimon Hooper
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance60,401
Kick-off: 2.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 22 Liverpool won: 18 Drawn: 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers won: 2 Liverpool scored: 39 Wolverhampton Wanderers scored: 11 . Wolverhampton Wanderers had now lost on ten of their 11 visits to Anfield in the Premier League (won one).

2 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Vítor Pereira

Goals:

Luis Díaz 15 G
Mohamed Salah penalty 37 P

Goals:

Matheus Cunha 67 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Starting lineup:

José Sá Goalkeeper
Matt Doherty Defender
Nélson Semedo Defender
Toti Defender
Emmanuel Agbadou Defender/Midfielder
Rayan Aït Nouri Defender/Midfielder
André Midfielder
João Gomes Midfielder
Matheus Cunha Midfielder/Forward
Pablo Sarabia Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Jarell Quansah for Ibrahima Konaté 46
Conor Bradley for Trent Alexander-Arnold 64
Darwin Núñez for Diogo Jota 64
Wataru Endo for Luis Díaz 71

Substitutions:

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde for Gonçalo Guedes 46
Marshall Munetsi for Pablo Sarabia 46
Santiago Bueno for Emmanuel Agbadou 61
Tommy Doyle for João Gomes 83
Pedro Lima for Nélson Semedo 90+2

Cards:

Ibrahima Konaté 31 Y
Virgil van Dijk 71 Y

Cards:

Matt Doherty 26 Y
Emmanuel Agbadou 39 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Conor Bradley
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward James McConnell
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Santiago Bueno
Defender Nasser Djiga
Defender Pedro Lima
Midfielder Tommy Doyle
Midfielder Marshall Munetsi
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Midfielder/Forward Carlos Forbs

Comments:

League position: 1st . Liverpool had now scored two or more goals in 17 consecutive home games in all competitions for the first time; previously 16 games in their first-ever season in the Football League (1893-94 in League Division Two). [c/o Michael Reid] . The Reds had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last five home games in the Premier League. . They had now won 400 of their 626 home games in the Premier League (lost 79). . Liverpool were awarded a penalty in the 57th minute for a foul but was reversed after a VAR review.

Comments:

League position: 17th . Wolverhampton Wanderers failed in their attempt to win consecutive games for the third time in this Premier League season. . Wolves had now conceded two or more goals in 21 of their last 28 games in the Premier League. . They had now lost 24 of their last 39 away games in the Premier League (won seven).

2 Liverpool

Manager: Arne Slot

Goals:

Luis Díaz 15 G
Mohamed Salah penalty 37 P

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Ibrahima Konaté
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Dominik Szoboszlai
Midfielder Ryan Gravenberch
Midfielder Alexis Mac Allister
Midfielder/Forward Luis Díaz
Midfielder/Forward Diogo Jota
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah

Substitutions:

Jarell Quansah for Ibrahima Konaté 46
Conor Bradley for Trent Alexander-Arnold 64
Darwin Núñez for Diogo Jota 64
Wataru Endo for Luis Díaz 71

Cards:

Ibrahima Konaté 31 Y
Virgil van Dijk 71 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher
Defender Jarell Quansah
Defender/Midfielder Conor Bradley
Defender/Midfielder Wataru Endo
Defender/Midfielder Kostas Tsimikas
Midfielder Harvey Elliott
Midfielder/Forward Federico Chiesa
Midfielder/Forward James McConnell
Midfielder/Forward Darwin Núñez

Comments:

League position: 1st . Liverpool had now scored two or more goals in 17 consecutive home games in all competitions for the first time; previously 16 games in their first-ever season in the Football League (1893-94 in League Division Two). [c/o Michael Reid] . The Reds had now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last five home games in the Premier League. . They had now won 400 of their 626 home games in the Premier League (lost 79). . Liverpool were awarded a penalty in the 57th minute for a foul but was reversed after a VAR review.

1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manager: Vítor Pereira

Goals:

Matheus Cunha 67 G

Starting lineup:

José Sá Goalkeeper
Matt Doherty Defender
Nélson Semedo Defender
Toti Defender
Emmanuel Agbadou Defender/Midfielder
Rayan Aït Nouri Defender/Midfielder
André Midfielder
João Gomes Midfielder
Matheus Cunha Midfielder/Forward
Pablo Sarabia Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde for Gonçalo Guedes 46
Marshall Munetsi for Pablo Sarabia 46
Santiago Bueno for Emmanuel Agbadou 61
Tommy Doyle for João Gomes 83
Pedro Lima for Nélson Semedo 90+2

Cards:

Matt Doherty 26 Y
Emmanuel Agbadou 39 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley
Defender Santiago Bueno
Defender Nasser Djiga
Defender Pedro Lima
Midfielder Tommy Doyle
Midfielder Marshall Munetsi
Midfielder Boubacar Traoré
Midfielder/Forward Carlos Forbs

Comments:

League position: 17th . Wolverhampton Wanderers failed in their attempt to win consecutive games for the third time in this Premier League season. . Wolves had now conceded two or more goals in 21 of their last 28 games in the Premier League. . They had now lost 24 of their last 39 away games in the Premier League (won seven).