After being wounded by Mohamed Salah 's penalty, just moments after recovering from Ibrahima Konate's opening goal thanks to Rayan Ait-Nouri, Gary O'Neil's team were on the back foot. Could it be suggested that Jurgen Klopp 's squad might have sensed weakness and gone for the jugular? Arne Slot 's new-model Reds chose not to take that risk.

Arne Slot played down concerns over Andy Robertson after the left-back was forced off in the closing stages of Liverpool’s 2-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Scotland captain was replaced by Joe Gomez in the 89th minute of the match at Molineux following a strong challenge from Carlos Forbs.