Liverpool star called out for crucial 'mistake' leading to last-minute loss
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Liverpool IconLiverpool FC NewsFeaturesLiverpool FCLiverpool fell to another defeat in the Premier League, this time against Wolves, with Arne Slot's men unable to prevent the game turning into an end-to-end contest at the endLiverpool head coach Arne Slot.(Image: Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images)For a record fifth time in the Premier League this season, Liverpool conceded a stoppage-time winner, this time against Wolves.But why? Maybe we wanted to force the winner too much."READ MORE: Liverpool USA pre-season tour confirmed as Arne Slot's side to play WrexhamREAD MORE: Virgil van Dijk details 'angry' Arne Slot reaction to Wolves loss with blunt Liverpool verdictBy the end of the game, as has been the case so often this season, it looked like a basketball match more than a soccer game.
It was so end-to-end.Having failed to create chances when it was dominating and pinning Wolves back, Liverpool had to rely on a coin toss for the direction that the points were heading.Unfortunately for Slot, this time it went against his team. Once again, it was made to pay for a slow beginning to the match, where the Wolves defense was relatively comfortable.Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones(Image: LFC TV)It wasn't just the end-to-end nature of the game that cost Liverpool: there were also individual errors."It was a mistake from Curtis Jones — he plays a ball into Alisson and Alisson's never going to get any purchase on it," the former Reds defender Stephen Warnock said on BBC Radio 5Live."Andre looked heavy in the last five or so minutes but he takes a shot and it takes a wicked deflection to loop over Alisson."Alisson himself didn't connect with the ball properly, and then he could do nothing as the shot deflected away from him.
It wasn't all bad luck, though: Liverpool should never have been in that position to begin with.Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Defensively, we were still solid."But towards the end, when the game started to open up, any team can become dangerous and that's what happened."Choose Liverpool.com as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCCurtis JonesWolverhampton Wanderers FCPremier League