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At the end of the first part in Wolverhampton, sitting on the bench, dejected, with a lost look, Jurgen Klopp was the flag of Liverpool, a dejected side heading for their fourth defeat in six Premier League games after the break for the World Cup, a period of just over a month during which the Reds were also left out in the Cup and League Cup.
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José Sá, Max Kilman, Rayan Ait Nouri (Jonny, min. 83), Dawson, Nelson Semedo, Matheus, Mario Lemina (Daniel Podence, min. 83), Ruben Neves, Hwang Hee-Chan (Adama Traoré, min. 41) , Sarabia (Moutinho, min. 60) and Matheus Cunha (Raúl Jiménez, min. 60)
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Alisson, Matip, A. Robertson (Konstantinos Tsimikas, min. 85), Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Thiago (Milner, min. 85), Stefan Bajcetic, Naby Keita (Henderson, min. 65), Gakpo (Oxlade- Chamberlain, min 85), Darwin Núñez and Salah
Goals 1-0 min 5: Matip (p). 2-0 mins 11: Dawson. 3-0 min. 71: Ruben Neves.
referee Paul Tierney
Yellow cards Dawson (min. 48) and Joe Gomez (min. 75)
A little over two weeks after the duel with Real Madrid in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, the white rival is injured. The summer market’s big bet, the Charrúa Darwin Núñez, has long shown itself to be below the standards of a major in Europe. Dutchman Cody Gakpo is expected in winter. He has not scored in 500 minutes of play in three Premier League games and three cup games. Mohamed Salah is an atony prisoner. Firmino and Diogo Jota are injured. Luis Díaz too, and he is not expected until March at the earliest. The defeat (3-0) against Wolves put the focus on the two central defenders. Matip scored the first own goal. The second bore the signature of a defective release by Joe Gómez. Van Dijk is struggling to recover from a muscular condition Klopp once described as “severe”. He is set to take on Madrid at Anfield on the 21st in a new dispute between the 2018 and 2022 Champions League finalists. Both times the hulking Dutch defender was defeated.
Liverpool lost in Wolverhampton, where the local side have recorded three wins in six games with Lopetegui. The Basque coach celebrated two goals after just ten minutes of play. Klopp’s relegation before the break was the prelude to a greedy return. At times, this bubbly team seemed to return the percussed and percussed. But a Contra killed him and the Germany coach returned to lean regretfully on the bench while the home crowd cheered every touch of their players with Olés. In the last three minutes of the game, they refused Liverpool FC the ball, which ran helplessly after him. The team is lacking flight, penetrating deep through the equator of the Premier table at number ten, awaiting resolution to a sale process opened by its North American owners that paves the way for the necessary roster refresh.
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