FA Cup, Liverpool 2-2 Wolves: Alisson horror-show forces holders to replay

The
Reds
goalkeeper
was
at
direct
fault
for
the
visitors’ opener
and
leaked
a
soft
second,
as
Goncalo
Guedes
and
Hwang
Hee-chan
netted
at
Anfield.

Goals
from
Darwin
Nunez
and
Mohamed
Salah
dug
Jurgen
Klopp’s
men
out
of
danger
between
those
Wolves
strikes,
while
Cody
Gakpo
also
impressed
on
his
club
debut.

Yet
the
lapses
at
the
back
proved
costly
for
the
holders,
and
Julen
Lopetegui’s
visitors
will
feel
they
had
their
chances
to
claim
an
underdog
win
outright
against
the
holders.

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—
Liverpool
FC
(@LFC)

January
7,
2023

They
certainly
seized
their
opportunity
in
the
26th
minute
when
Alisson
fired
a
routine
clearance
straight
to
the
unmarked
Guedes,
with
the
Portugal
international
lashing
a
low
finish
straight
back
past
the
Brazilian.

But
Liverpool
wrestled
themselves
back
on
the
stroke
of
half-time
after
Nunez
tucked
home
a
sublime
cross
from
Trent
Alexander-Arnold
with
a
deft
volley.

Seven
minutes
after
the
interval,
Gakpo
helped
put
the
hosts
ahead
after
Salah
finished
his
chipped
ball,
with
the
forward
played
onside
by
a
botched
Tote
Gomes
clearing
header.

That
looked
like
it
could
have
been
enough
for
the
hosts,
but
Alisson
was
at
fault
again
after
Hwang
was
able
to
smother
a
tame
shot
past
him
at
the
left
post
in
the
66th
minute.

Hwang’s
goal
sparked
a
frantic
final
stretch,
with
Wolves
seeing
a
third
goal
chalked
off
by
the
linesman’s
flag
in
the
closing
stages,
as
neither
could
ultimately
find
the
winner
that
would
have
avoided
the
need
for
a
reunion
at
Molineux
down
the
line.