Izuchukwu OkosiLiverpool on Saturday night was held to a 2-2 draw by Wolverhapton Wanderers in their FA Cup 3rd round tie at Anfield thereby forcing a replay.
Wolves would feel a sense of injustice as they thought they had won a late winner to book their place in the 4th round but they were denied a late winner by the VAR.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelUruguay striker Darwin Nunez proved his mettle with a brilliant cushioned volley from a sumptuous Trent Alexander-Arnold cross before Mohamed Salah went past Kenny Dalglish in the club’s all-time list with his 173rd goal in a red shirt.
Defensively Liverpool, beaten on Monday after a lethargic display against Brentford, were disorganised and after Alisson Becker’s gaffe had gifted Portuguese star forward, Goncalo Guedes, the first goal while second-half substitute Hwang Hee-Chan secured a replay four minutes after coming on.
Wolves defender Toti was denied a winner nine minutes from time by an offside flag, which was confirmed by a confusing VAR decision, and while the visitors returned home boosted ahead of a big week, Jurgen Klopp was left to ponder the mysteries of yet another sub-standard performance.
Even a promising debut from £ 38 million signing Cody Gakpo who arrived from PSV Eindhoven could not hide the failings of a performance which lurched from the bad to the brilliant and back to poor again.
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Jurgen Klopp fielded his strongest available side against a Wolves team, who have a Carabao Cup quarter-final on Wednesday followed by a relegation six-pointer against West Ham, registering nine changes with 19-year-old right-back Dexter Lembikisa making his first start.
Yet after seeing off a deliberately controlled start from their hosts – Salah sending a free-kick over and Gakpo having an early shot – Julen Lopetegui’s side looked the better team with Adama Traore’s pacey bursts forward causing problems.
The wolves were denied a late winner by the VAR which would cause widespread retrospective views on the goal technology.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
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