PREMIER LEAGUE : SUNDAY – LIVERPOOL VS WOLVES – 16/02/2025 – (PHOTO – LUIS DIAZ AND MO SALAH CELEBRATE)

THERE WERE 10 SHOTS FOR LIVERPOOL WITH 3 ON TARGET YESTERDAY (16/02/2025), INCLUDING TWO CRACKERS FROM LUIS DIAZ AT 15 MINS., AND MO SALAH FROM A PENALTY AT 37 MINS

MO SALAH CELEBRATES

(AFTER SOME ARGEY-BARGEY BETWEEN JOTA AND AGBADOU.) WOLVES HAD 16 SHOTS WITH 4 ON TARGET, INCLUDING A STUNNER FROM MATTHEUS CUNHA AT 67 MINS. (AND, INTERESTINGLY, 51% POSSESSION.) IT WAS ACTION GALORE THROUGHOUT – WITH LIVERPOOL MAKING 443 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND WOLVES, 458 PASSES, WITH AN 84% PASS ACCURACY, BUT EVEN THOUGH WOLVES PLAYED SUPERBLY IN THE SECOND-HALF, THEY WERE UNABLE TO EQUALISE MEANING THAT LIVERPOOL RESTORE THEIR SEVEN-POINT LEAD AT THE TOP OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE WITH A 2 – 1 WIN!

ARNE SLOT SPEAKS AFTER THE GAME

“YOU CAN NEVER BREATHE IN THIS COMPETITION.  I SAW ARSENAL’S 15-GAME UNBEATEN RUN AND THE GAP HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME SO THAT SHOWS THAT WE DO.  IF YOU WANT TO COMPETE FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL THEN YOU HAVE TO WIN A LOT OF GAMES IN THIS LEAGUE.”

VITOR PEREIRA SPEAKS AFTER THE GAME

“FRUSTRATED, BECAUSE IT WASN’T A WIN.  OUR FIRST HALF, WE SHOWED A LOT OF MISTAKES, A LOT OF RESPECT TO THEM.  WE CANNOT PLAY LIKE THIS.  WE MUST PLAY OUR GAME.  AT HALF-TIME, I ASKED THE TEAM TO PLAY AND PRESS THEM IN OUR WAY – (I AM VERY PROUD OF MY PLAYERS) – AND WE DID A FANTASTIC SECOND-HALF!  THE SECOND GOAL WASN’T POSSIBLE, BUT I THINK WE DESERVED IT. THE FIRST HALF WAS TOO MUCH RESPECT, WE CANNOT PLAY FOOTBALL LIKE THIS.  WE MUST RESPECT THEM BUT PLAYING OUR GAME.  WE ARE A TEAM THAT LIKES TO PRESS HIGHER, LIKES TO CREATE CHANCES, TO HAVE THE BALL, TO PLAY WITH COURAGE, AS WE DID IN THE SECOND HALF.”

BY AMANDA WATERS