Liverpool moved to within six points of the Premier League’s top four as second-half goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah guided them to a 2-0 win over a stubborn Wolves side at Anfield.
Liverpool’s 5-2 thrashing at the hands of Real Madrid last week had created a sense of doom and gloom around Anfield, but Jurgen Klopp’s side went into their fixture against Wolves after picking up seven points from their last three league games without conceding a goal.
And the Reds maintained that resurgent form thanks to two of the players that have helped to define Klopp’s Anfield reign, with Van Dijk finally breaking the deadlock in the 73rd minute when he headed in Diogo Jota’s cross from close range.
Salah then sealed the points just four minutes later when he turned in Kostas Tsimikas’ low ball into the Wolves area to move Liverpool up to sixth, while the visitors remain only three points above the relegation zone.
The daunting task that Liverpool face to keep their European campaign alive in the Bernabeu later this month, added to the fact they are out of the FA Cup, means securing Champions League football for next season is their sole focus for the final months of the season.
Klopp has admitted changes are needed to his squad in the summer but the players currently at his disposal are showing they still have plenty to offer in the Premier League, with three wins and a draw – plus four clean sheets – since their 3-0 thrashing at Wolves at the start of February.
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