Wolves 1-3 Liverpool: Reds battle back to continue unbeaten start

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Will Rooney reports from Molineux.

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00:00 Well, full-time here at Molineux, finished Wolves 1 at Beggy Park and Liverpool 3.

00:05 Liverpool not at their best yet again, but at 13 points now on the board,

00:10 so in their opening five Premier League games, four victories and a draw.

00:13 Of course, that draw being on the opening day of Chelsea and Liverpool.

00:18 First half, they were really poor.

00:19 They were very fortunate not to go in.

00:22 More than the goal behind, because they were lucky.

00:25 It's Wanky Chan who gave Wolves a lead in the seven minutes.

00:28 Pedro Neto just skipped into Liverpool's box.

00:31 It was so poor from Liverpool's defending.

00:34 Hoang was left free at the back post.

00:37 And he converted us.

00:38 I say Liverpool were poor on the first half.

00:39 They couldn't really get going.

00:41 Failed to create any real clear-cut chances.

00:44 And Wolves were certainly...

00:47 Wolves have been ruined the fact that they didn't go in more than the goal ahead.

00:53 Matthias Cunha had a big chance in the 34th minute of ball coming to the box.

00:57 And he just got his finish all wrong completely.

01:00 Yards out from goal and just couldn't convert.

01:03 And Liverpool sort of ended the first half a little bit better.

01:08 Mo Salah having a shot blocked after Jose Sarr, the Wolves' keeper, had spilled an Andy Robertson cross.

01:14 Well, it was the changes that Jürgen Klopp made that ended up getting Liverpool on top.

01:19 Alexis McAllister was really poor in the first half.

01:25 And unsurprisingly, he come off.

01:27 He just looked jaded after his international exploit with Argentina.

01:31 And he was substituted.

01:34 Replaced by Luis Diaz, who helped get Liverpool back on the front foot.

01:38 And in the 55th minute, they were level.

01:41 It was Mo Salah who got a hat-trick of assists.

01:43 Put a cross in and there was Cody Gappo to finish from close range.

01:47 Actually, Gappo was substituted immediately after that.

01:51 Darwin Nunes came on and Liverpool continued on the front foot.

01:54 But they had to wait until the 85th minute.

01:56 It was Andy Robertson with the goal.

01:58 He picked it up on the halfway line.

02:00 It was a poor clearance from the goalkeeper.

02:02 And he just picked it up, wall, ace, to space.

02:05 Gave some up Salah on the right and just carried on his run into the box.

02:08 Burst into the box, got the ball back from Salah and finished 2-1 Liverpool.

02:13 And then in stoppage time, Liverpool got the third.

02:16 Harvey Elliott's shot, after being teased up by Salah, was deflected by Hugo Bueno.

02:22 And went in via the post.

02:24 Liverpool needed that little bit of luck.

02:27 That's nine points now from the 13 that Liverpool have accrued from losing positions.

02:33 Which is a sign of real battling quality, to be fair, for the Reds.

02:36 And there were some positives to say.

02:38 As I say, Salah, free assist, Harvey Elliott was good off the bench.

02:40 Nunes again, a handful, and Jerell Ponsa made his fair start for Liverpool, the 20-year-olds.

02:47 In the absence of Virgil van Dijk, who was suspended, and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

02:51 With a hamstring injury.

02:53 So, I have to say, Liverpool building plenty of momentum.

02:56 And now the look towards that Europa League game on Thursday night.

03:00 Jürgen Klopp's shot to make changes up.

03:02 Positive so far, definitely things to improve on.

03:05 But yeah, Liverpool 13 points from five games, still unbeaten.

03:09 End of the year, Wolves 1, Liverpool 3.

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