Home / Football / Premier League News Same old story for Liverpool says Slot after Wolves defeat Reds undone in last minute yet again Written by Tom Rostance Last Update: March 4, 2026 12:38:24 am GMT 2 min read Arne Slot called Liverpools shock 2-1 defeat to bottom-placed Wolves another setback that perfectly encapsulated their disappointing Premier League title defence. The champions dominated possession and chances at Molineux but fell victim to their familiar failings.Andres stoppage-time strike flew past Alisson to chalk up a ninth league defeat of the season and deal a crushing blow to Liverpools Champions League aspirations.The same old story, Slot said bluntly. Recently we are picking up points because we scored many times from set-pieces, but the end result is we score one and they scored two another in added time so it sums up our season again.What I mean is that we have far more ball possession than the other team and weve created most of the open play chances, but in open play weve struggled to score.Wolves stunned the visitors with 12 minutes remaining when Rodrigo Gomes expertly lifted the ball over Alisson after Tolu Arokodare had outmuscled Virgil van Dijk. Mohamed Salah appeared to have salvaged a point five minutes later with his first league goal since November, pouncing on Jean-Ricner Bellegardes stray pass.But Wolves who have now scored in stoppage time in their last three home matches delivered the sucker punch when Andres effort deflected cruelly home.The defeat leaves Liverpool fifth on 48 points, three behind fourth-placed Aston Villa and Manchester United, with the very real prospect of dropping to sixth if Chelsea beat Villa on Wednesday.Slots frustration was palpable as he reflected on another game that slipped through his sides fingers.My expectations have changed throughout the season because I expected more from us, he admitted. Its another setback and we didnt help ourselves with this result, not at all. There are still nine games to play but were dropping points in a game when its absolutely not necessary when you look at the run of play.If we play this game in this fashion 10 times, I dont think we lose 10 times but Im far from sure we win every time. Therefore we are not good enough. Topics: Arne Slot Liverpool F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Follow us: Tom Rostance Tom has been writing about football - and other sports - for almost 20 years. He has covered four summer Olympics and many, many, many football matches from the World Cup final to the bottom of the EFL. Read more from Tom Rostance
