Liverpool suffers humiliating first as Premier League champions in Wolves nightmare.

Liverpool suffered an injury-time setback at Molineux, and Arne Slot said it “sums up” the season.

Two statistics undoubtedly support that notion, with late goals being enormously detrimental.

Liverpool suffered another Premier League defeat on Tuesday, this time to bottom-place Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Arne Slot’s side entered the match at Molineux having lost only two of their previous 21 games, but were defeated by an improving Wolves club that has taken points off three of the top five in its last four league games.

A terrible first half saw the score remain goalless at the break, with Steven Gerrard among many who criticised the boring first 45 minutes.

Despite Slot’s better standards after the break and multiple attacking substitutions, Wolves opened the scoring in the 78th minute with Rodrigo Gomes’ goal.

Liverpool quickly regained control of the game, thanks to Mohamed Salah, who had another frustrating night, finishing expertly with the outside of his foot to end his 10-match Premier League scoring drought.

However, the reigning champions were unable to score a winning goal as the game continued past 90 minutes.

Instead, Wolves delivered the decisive blow when Andre’s sloppy finish glanced off Joe Gomez and past Alisson.

It is not the first time this season that a Liverpool match has been decided in injury time, and a dismal statistic exemplifies the severity of the problem.

According to Opta, Liverpool has allowed an injury-time winner five times, the most in Premier League history.

Liverpool’s three defeats since late November have all been decided by an injury-time winner – against Bournemouth, Manchester City, and Wolves – while the club also lost to Crystal Palace and Chelsea in consecutive games in the fall.

Meanwhile, Wolves’ win marked the first time in Premier League history that a relegation-threatened team scored an injury-time winner against the reigning champions.

“We’ve been picking up points recently because we’ve scored a lot from set-pieces, but what hasn’t changed in the previous five, six, or seven games is that we struggle and find it difficult to score from the open-play opportunities that we produce.

“Not as many as I would like given all of our ball possession, but significantly more than the opposing squad.

But, in the end, we score one and they score two – and again in extra time – so this game also summarises our season.”

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