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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Liverpool: Firmino's late minute strike earns Reds 2-1 win

Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11:53 PM by Oluwatomiwa Babalola

- Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Liverpool Premier League clash saw the visitors maintain their unbeaten run

- A goal each from Henderson and Firmino rendered Jiminez's goal a mere consolation after regulation period

- Liverpool stretch the gap over Manchester City back to 16 points with one match at hand

Liverpool maintained their unbeaten run in the Premier League this season with another hard-earned 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineux Stadium.

The Reds got the game started on a bright note with exciting attacking moves but none of their early shots was able to hot target.

However, Jordan Henderson handed the visitors the lead in the eighth minute with an unstoppable header from a Trent Alexander-Arnold's corner kick from the left flank.

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The 29-year-old jumped high-up above Wolves defenders to put the ball past Rui Patricio just while both sides are settling into the meeting.

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Jurgen Klopp's men after their first were searching for more goals but were denied on differed occasion by the home team from finding the target.

And they were able to keep the one-goal lead as they headed into the dressing room for half time pep talk both managers.

Raul Jiminez restored parity for the home team with a sumptuous header from Adama Traore's superb cross in the 51st minute.

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Nuno Espirito Santo's men launched a quick counter-attacking move against their opponent which was started by the Spanish national team star.

The 23-year-old after releasing the ball to his teammate freed himself and ran down the right flank where he sent the cross into the Reds danger zone and Jiminez made no mistake with the ball.

Wolves dominated the game more in the second stanza with enterprising play but unfortunately, they failed to make their efforts count.

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And they paid dearly for the wastages as Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino fired a shot from close range to ensure ran off with maximum points at the end of the meeting.

The Merseyside outfit has also stretched the gap over Manchester City on the table back to 16 points with a match at hand.

Meanwhile, Sadio Mane was forced out of the pitch after just 33 minutes of action after picking up an injury, but no one is sure how long he would be out of the team.

Liverpool travel to London Stadium next week to battle struggling West Ham United as they hope to continue their brilliant form.

Legit.ng earlier reported that Roberto Firmino has finally opened up on the rationale behind teammate Sadio Mane joining his goal celebration styles.

It has become essential for Premier League fans seeing Sadio Mane celebrating after scoring goal the same way Roberto Firmino does at Liverpool.