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Divock Origi's goal came with almost the last kick of the matchLiverpool went top of the Premier League as substitute Divock Origi scored a last-minute winner to sink Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.
With seconds remaining, Origi latched on to a Mohamed Salah pass, smashing the ball beyond Jose Sa in the Wolves goal.
The win meant Liverpool leapfrogged leaders Chelsea, who lost 3-2 to West Ham in Saturday's early kick-off, although they will drop down to second if Manchester City beat Watford in the 17:30 GMT match.
Defeat was cruel on Wolves, who had defended heroically for 94 minutes and were 60 seconds away from becoming the first team to stop Liverpool scoring this season.
Reds go top in dramatic fashion
Liverpool came into this match in blistering form, having scored at least twice in each of their past 18 matches and scoring 14 times in their past four.
But for most of the afternoon, it looked as if they would be denied in front of goal for the first time since drawing 0-0 with Real Madrid last April.
In the first half, former Wolves forward Diogo Jota headed a deep cross narrowly off target while Romain Saiss produced a superb sliding tackle to deny the Reds' Salah a tap-in.
And in the second period, Liverpool continued to dominate as Thiago was denied by a combination of Raul Jimenez and Sa before former Jota missed a huge opportunity, seeing an effort blocked on the line by Conor Coady with the keeper stranded.
It looked as if that would be the game's best chance but the Reds kept up the pressure and were awarded for their attacking intent with just one minute of stoppage time remaining when Origi broke the deadlock with his fourth goal of the season.
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Line-ups
Wolves
Formation 3-4-3
- 1Malheiro de Sá
- 23Kilman
- 16Coady
- 27Saïss
- 22Nélson Semedo
- 8Neves
- 32DendonckerBooked at 26mins
- 3Aït-NouriSubstituted forHoeverat 90+2'minutes
- 37TraoréSubstituted forMachado Trincãoat 88'minutes
- 9JiménezBooked at 88mins
- 26Hwang Hee-ChanSubstituted forJoão Moutinhoat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Hoever
- 10Podence
- 11Machado Trincão
- 17Fábio Silva
- 21Ruddy
- 28João Moutinho
- 39Cundle
- 64Bueno
- 77Campbell
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 32Matip
- 4van Dijk
- 26RobertsonBooked at 66mins
- 14HendersonSubstituted forOrigiat 68'minutes
- 3FabinhoBooked at 62mins
- 6Thiago Alcántara
- 11SalahSubstituted forMilnerat 90+6'minutes
- 20JotaSubstituted forOxlade-Chamberlainat 82'minutes
- 10Mané
Substitutes
- 5Konaté
- 7Milner
- 15Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 18Minamino
- 21Tsimikas
- 27Origi
- 47Phillips
- 62Kelleher
- 76N Williams
Live Text
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Liverpool 1.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Liverpool 1.
Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Mohamed Salah.
Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Liverpool 1. Divock Origi (Liverpool) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ki-Jana Hoever replaces Rayan Aït-Nouri because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Trincão replaces Adama Traoré.
Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nélson Semedo tries a through ball, but Raúl Jiménez is caught offside.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by José Sá.
Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Maximilian Kilman.
Attempt blocked. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
Substitution, Liverpool. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Diogo Jota.
Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
Attempt missed. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. João Moutinho replaces Hwang Hee-Chan.
Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
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