At the City Ground, Wirtz was replaced in midfield by Curtis Jones, and in the 5-2 victory over West Ham, Joe Gomez came into the side at right-back, allowing Dominik Szoboszlai to slot in in the No10 position behind Hugo Ekitike.

The Premier League's bottom side did the unthinkable in beating the champions — with an FA Cup rematch between the two to follow on Friday

Liverpool were beaten in stoppage time at Wolves as Arne Slot again took issue with their struggles in the final third as the Reds found it difficult to breach the Premier League's basement outfit

Liverpool's Slot bemoaned "same old story," but loss to last-place Wolves raises specter of how much worse it can get.

The champions were undone by a resurgent Wolves on Tuesday night, losing 2–1 at Molineux.

Wolves: Sa, Tchatchoua, Doherty, S Bueno, Krejci, Wolfe, Andre, J Gomes, A Gomes, Mane, Armstrong. Subs: Johnstone, Toti, Mosquera, Lima, H Bueno, R Gomes, Bellegarde, Hwang, Arokodare. Arne Slot makes one change for Liverpool with Jeremie Frimpong coming in for Joe Gomez.

Virgil van Dijk did not try and come up with excuses as Liverpool slumped to another stoppage-time defeat at bottom club Wolves. Andre’s 94th-minute deflected strike proved the difference in a 2-1 win for Rob Edwards’ side, who have now taken points off three of the top five in their last three home outings, despite being doomed for relegation.