By Sergio Moya
Liverpool's FA Cup third-round match against Wolverhampton Wanderers Thursday night at Anfield seemed like a major tragedy for the Reds from beginning to end. The dramatic and contentious 2-2 match resulted in a replay at Molineux, which will be scheduled in an already jam-packed Liverpool schedule,
Leaving Jurgen Klopp disappointed with yet another underwhelming performance from his team in front of the home crowd, despite controlling 64% of the ball, Liverpool only achieved fewer shots on target (3 v 5) and duels won (35 v 46), while also recording fewer interceptions (6 v 8) and clearances (7 v 36), which was a sign of their inability to control the game.
It was a similar situation for the hosts in the first half when Goncalo Guedes' goal in the 26th minute put the visitors ahead. However, the game suddenly became more open when Darwin Nunez scored the equalizer shortly before halftime, when Mohammed Salah scored to make it 2-1 at Anfield in the second half, things appeared to be looking up for Liverpool.
However, Wolves put up a fight when Hee-Chan Hwang scored another goal for the visitors 14 minutes later after being introduced to the game to make an effect, While the assistant referee had his flag up for offside against Matheus Nunes, the ruling was not recorded on the cameras that operate VAR, leading to doubt about the decision
That disallowed Toti Gomes' game-winning goal for Wolves, following ITV's analysis of the scenario, Alex Richards, deputy editor of Mirror Football, declared the choice to be "simply absurd."Whatever the case, it doesn't change the fact that Liverpool were terrible once more, and Fabinho in particular had a really poor performance.
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