Liverpool 4-0 Wolves

Liverpool tied Tottenham on points atop the Premier League as they put on a show at Anfield for their returning fans with a 4-0 win over Wolves.

The lucky fans on the field Sunday night saw the champions play in person for the first time since winning the Premier League title in June, and they were not disappointed.

Mohamed Salah pounced on Conor Coady’s mistake to open the scoring in the first half before goals from Georginio Wijnaldum (58), Joel Matip (67) and an own goal by Nelson Semedo sealed the resounding victory and extended their undefeated league record at home at 65 games.

The three points see Liverpool, who delivered a Premier League debut to goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher in the absence of Alisson Becker, return to second place in the table, tied with 24 points with Spurs, who beat North London Arsenal. at the beginning of the day.

Meanwhile, the Wolves remain 10th after suffering a fourth league loss of the season.

The fans return to Anfield …

How Liverpool celebrated the return of their fans …

With the Kop with 1500 fans and 500 in the main stand, the atmosphere was good at Anfield.

There was warm applause for Kelleher from the start as he showed good footwork to reach in and rip Daniel Podence’s smart chip from the edge of the penalty area.

However, the biggest joy of the half was reserved for Salah’s first match in the 24th minute.

Former Liverpool academy graduate Conor Coady made a mess trying to control Jordan Henderson’s forward long ball and Salah swooped in to win the ball and shoot home his first goal in four games.

Coady, who had a rare bad night, was also involved in the action at the other end after falling into the penalty area after an overhead punt attempt by Sadio Mane. Referee Craig Pawson initially awarded a penalty, but after VAR Jon Moss told him to look at the court monitor, he quickly reversed his decision after seeing there was no contact between Mane and Coady.

Liverpool picked up the pace after the break and it didn’t take long for a second goal to arrive.

Henderson was the provider again, launching a quick counter with a long pass to take out Wijnaldum, who fired past Rui Patricio’s dunk and into the upper left corner.

Matip then added a third, emphatically driving Salah’s center home four yards before Semedo got the finishing touch as Mane looked to round up substitute Trent Alexander-Arnold’s center to complete a perfect night for Liverpool.

What the managers said …

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp: “Wasn’t it the perfect night? Imagine 10 months ago people told us we’d have a game and 2,000 people would show up. When we went out, we all had goose bumps. I had no idea how it would feel. It was perfect. The noise, what people did, they were alert, you could see, feel and smell it. They had waited so long. It’s much more pleasant with the people involved. “

Head of the wolves Nuno Espirito Santo: “It was definitely a difficult night. We could have done many, many different things, before the game, during the game … We didn’t have enough ball. We didn’t handle Liverpool pressure well. We were organized until the first goal. We had a bad second half. I didn’t see the images of the penalty decision. “

Man of the match – Mohamed Salah

Salah has scored 52 Premier League goals at Anfield for Liverpool; Only Lionel Messi at the Camp Nou (63) and Robert Lewandowski at the Allianz Arena (59) have more in a single home of the five major European leagues since the Egyptian joined the Reds in 2017.

It was also the seventeenth time Mo Salah scored and assisted a goal in the same Premier League game with Liverpool; from 2017-18, this is five times more than any other player in the competition (Heung-min Son, 12).

Opta stats – Liverpool extend incredible home record

• Liverpool have won 31 of their last 32 league games at home (D1), scoring 93 goals and conceding just 25 in this time.
• Since Liverpool’s first game after Virgil van Dijk’s injury against Everton (Ajax in October), the Reds have conceded just six goals in 11 games across all competitions, keeping a clean sheet six in the process.
• At 22 years and 13 days, Caoimhin Kelleher became Liverpool’s third-youngest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in the Premier League, after Scott Carson (19y 211d) and Chris Kirkland (21y 234d), and the most young to do so in his first such start at the Reds.
• The Wolves have lost eight straight league games with Liverpool, conceding 19 goals and scoring just two in this streak.
• In his 87 Premier League appearances, former Wolves Liverpool player Conor Coady has made only three mistakes that led directly to a goal; two of them have arrived in Merseyside (against Everton at Goodison in September 2019 and today against Liverpool at Anfield).

Whats Next?

Wolves host Aston Villa in the Premier League next Saturday at 12:30 p.m.

Liverpool arrive at FC Midtjylland for their final match of the Champions League group stage on Wednesday at 17:55, before traveling to Fulham on Super sunday at 4.30 pm – live on Sky Sports Premier League.