The Reds left it late to secure victory over a spirited Wolves side at Molineux and maintain their 16-point lead a the top of the Premier League Well, what is there left to say about this Liverpool team?
Just when you thought that the party had to end, Jurgen Klopp’s side find a way to turn the music back up. Just when you thought they were out, they pull themselves back in.
How do they do it? How do they keep digging out these wins when everything tells you that this, finally, is the night when their luck runs out?
Their 14th successive league victory was by far their most hard-fought. Having lost Sadio Mane to a first-half injury, they threatened to go under at Molineux when Raul Jimenez pulled Wolves level six minutes after the break. The home side, roared on by one of the noisiest crowds in the country, smelled blood.
Liverpool wobbled. They made errors. They lost their way in possession. Alisson Becker made saves, Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk made crucial interventions. Wolves pushed, pushed, pushed.
And then, with six minutes left, Roberto Firmino drew back his left foot.
Goal. Bedlam.
Firmino is very much Liverpool’s away-day specialist this season. All of his goals have come away from Anfield. This, his 10th of the campaign, was as precious as any. No surrender. Not just yet.
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