Monday, March 15, 2021 at 10:53 PM

Liverpool has secured a minimal victory in the Premier League on Monday evening. On a visit to Wolverhampton Wanderers, Jürgen Klopp’s team already enjoyed a lead at halftime thanks to Diogo Jota, which was held until the final whistle: 0-1. Thanks to the three-pointer climbing the Reds, who have 46 points, to sixth place in the rankings, two and five points behind West Ham United, which has one more game credit, and Chelsea, respectively. Wolverhampton remains in thirteenth position with 35 points.

Manager Klopp was apparently positive about his team’s performance in the Champions League game against RB Leipzig (2-0), as Liverpool kicked off with an identical starting eleven. the Wolves. The first opportunity of the match was noted by Nélson Semedo, who was taught by Adama Traoré but saw his shot being tapped from the bottom corner by goalkeeper Alisson Becker. After fifteen minutes of play, it was Sadio Mané on the other side who dared to open the score, but the attacker played the ball just too far in front of his feet to achieve a successful shot.

In the remainder of the first half, Wolverhampton increased the pressure on the enemy goal, although the pressing did not have the desired effect. On the contrary, because it was the visitors who took the lead in the injury time of the first half. While Mané just missed the header a few minutes before half-time, the Senegalese was successful as the principal a little later. After a nice combination game he delivered the ball to Jota, who managed to outwit goalkeeper Rui Patricio in the short corner: 0-1. With his goal, the Portuguese is only the second player, after Stephen Hunt, to find the net both on behalf of and against Wolverhampton.

In the second act, Georginio Wijnaldum was taken to the side for James Milner, who was on the field as a substitute in the Premier League for the 158th time: a match of the record set by Peter Crouch. A few minutes after the break, Conor Coady had a good chance to level the score, but his effort went just over. Then there was a deadlock that was only broken ten minutes before time, when Patricio had to stretch to save a shot from Mohamed Salah. Three minutes later, Jota also made another contribution, but he also found the Portuguese closing post on his way to a goal. The final chord was played by Salah, who thought he made the 0-2 on a pass from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain but did so from an offside position: no goal.