Premier League: Liverpool Beat Wolves 2-0, Climb Into Top Six

Liverpool moved into the Premier League’s prime six as objectives from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah deepened Wolves’ relegation fears with a 2-0 defeat at Anfield.

Jurgen Klopp’s males had been once more removed from the power of latest seasons, however have now taken 10 factors from a doable 12 of their final 4 league video games to stay within the hunt for a top-four end.

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The Reds near inside six factors of fourth-placed Tottenham with a recreation in hand over Spurs nonetheless to return.

Wolves stay simply three factors above the relegation zone in fifteenth because the guests had been made to pay as soon as extra for the shortage of a objective menace going ahead.

A fourth assembly between the perimeters in lower than two months bred boredom reasonably than contempt for the primary 45 minutes.

Harvey Elliott headed broad the perfect likelihood of the opening half after which examined Jose Sa with a drive from outdoors the field.

One week on from Liverpool’s record-equalling house European defeat in a 5-2 humiliation by the hands of Real Madrid, there was far much less to get the group at Anfield off their toes.

But Klopp sees indicators of progress in a fourth consecutive Premier League clear sheet.

“We had a knock in opposition to Real Madrid,” said the German coach. “We played a really good first half then we started the second really bad. We looked a lot more stable today, we have to carry that on.”

Klopp ought to not less than have extra ahead choices to select from for the run in with Diogo Jota again obtainable and Luis Diaz near a return.

A foul by Jota on Max Kilman denied Darwin Nunez the opening objective halfway via the second half because the Uruguayan’s strike was dominated out after a VAR examine.

But Jota did have a hand in breaking the impasse as he teed up Van Dijk to move into an unguarded web after Sa had parried the Dutch centre-back’s first effort.

The house aspect’s second objective was way more just like the Liverpool of outdated as Wolves had been minimize open by a speedy counter assault.

Konstantinos Tsimikas performed a one-two with Cody Gakpo earlier than the Greek galloped into the Wolves field and picked out Salah to power the ball in together with his thigh for his twentieth objective of the season.

A rampant Manchester United will pose a far more durable take a look at of Liverpool’s highway to restoration when the Red Devils go to Anfield on Sunday.

“It’s a giant recreation anyway, in opposition to a group in kind,” added Klopp. “We have to be ready, and we will give them a big fight.”

Wolves boss Julen Lopetegui lamented his aspect’s second half efficiency as they had been unable to match the highs of a 3-0 win over Liverpool when the perimeters met at Molineux final month.

“I feel that we didn’t play within the recreation plan we had in our head. In the primary half a lot better, within the second we didn’t maintain the ball. It was a disgrace, however they deserved to win,” stated Lopetegui.

“Today is not easy for me to keep positive thinking, maybe in a few days.”

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