Liverpool notched one more win as their quest to win the Premier League continues, although Sunday’s 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers was surprisingly shut for consolation.

The Reds went up 2-0 earlier than halftime due to Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah, with the Egypt worldwide scoring his twenty eighth objective of the season by way of a penalty. Liverpool ended up taking part in a considerably even recreation with Wolves, although, who pulled one again when Matheus Cunha scored within the 67th minute and went on to outshoot the hosts. Neither facet actually mustered a large enough effort so as to add extra targets to the sport, and so Liverpool got here out with an essential win.

This is a take a look at the most important moments from Sunday’s recreation.

Second of the match

Diaz’s Fifteenth-minute objective was a sight to be seen, however not essentially for the best causes. Whereas it did the work of making certain Liverpool would construct the muse for a victory, the objective was an instance of extremely sloppy defending from Wolves. The guests’ makes an attempt to maintain Liverpool at bay weren’t sufficient, with the Reds discovering it extremely straightforward to maneuver round their counterparts and different Wolves gamers simply mistiming their defensive performs fully. Regardless that the sport was extra even than Liverpool might have appreciated, Wolves’ errors within the again made it straightforward for an unenergetic crew to take all three factors.

Man of the match

It was not a very thrilling outing for anybody, however Diaz deserves credit score for his effort on Sunday. He scored the all-important opening objective of the sport and mustered 0.35 anticipated targets when combining his particular person anticipated targets and anticipated assists tally, which was a large chunk of Liverpool’s whole offensive output.

What the outcome means for Liverpool

The Reds are seven factors away from second place Arsenal within the Premier League desk, a lot as they had been heading into the weekend.

What’s subsequent

Liverpool return to Premier League motion on Wednesday, after they tackle eighth-place Aston Villa in what may very well be a giant check of their title problem.