English Premier League

FT Sunday, February 16, 2025
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Liverpool LWWLD 2
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Match Report

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Liverpool scrape past Wolves as Mohamed Salah strikes again

Liverpool extended their lead on top of the Premier League to seven points with a trickier-than-expected 2-1 win over lowly Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday courtesy of goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
3
50.4
Possession
49.6
16
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
388
Accurate Passes
364
458
Passes
443
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
46
16
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
1
11
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
9
Interceptions
15
21
Effective Clearances
18
21
Clearances
18

Highlights

01:54 Michallik: Liverpool 'took their eye off the ball' in nervy second half Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 5Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 8Dominik SzoboszlaiAM
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 38Ryan GravenberchRM
  9. 20Diogo JotaF
  10. 7Luis DíazAM-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahAM-R

WOL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1José SáG
  2. 12Emmanuel AgbadouCD
  3. 24Toti GomesCD-L
  4. 2Matt DohertyCD-R
  5. 8João GomesCM-L
  6. 7AndréCM-R
  7. 3Rayan Aït-NouriLM
  8. 22Nélson SemedoRM
  9. 29Gonçalo GuedesF
  10. 10Matheus CunhaCF-L
  11. 21Pablo SarabiaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Liverpool 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) with an attempt from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
  2. 26' Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 31' Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 37' Goal! Liverpool 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  5. 39' Emmanuel Agbadou (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 45' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Marshall Munetsi replaces Pablo Sarabia.
  7. 45' Substitution, Liverpool. Jarell Quansah replaces Ibrahima Konaté.
  8. 45' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde replaces Gonçalo Guedes.
  9. 61' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Santiago Bueno replaces Emmanuel Agbadou because of an injury.
  10. 64' Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Diogo Jota.
  11. 64' Substitution, Liverpool. Conor Bradley replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  12. 67' Goal! Liverpool 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
  13. 71' Substitution, Liverpool. Wataru Endo replaces Luis Díaz.
  14. 71' Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 83' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tommy Doyle replaces João Gomes.
  16. 90'+2' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pedro Lima replaces Nélson Semedo.

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