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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
John Brewin at Molineux

Robertson and Salah help Liverpool to redemption over Wolves in FA Cup tie

Curtis Jones scores
Curtis Jones scores the third goal of the game in what became a comfortable evening for Liverpool after a tight first half. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters

This time around, Liverpool made no mistake at Molineux. They stayed on the road to Wembley, thanks to two players signed in 2017, beloved veterans with uncertain futures. Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah scored the goals to ease the pain of Tuesday’s Premier League defeat before Curtis Jones’s strike completed a night of relative comfort. Wolves crashed back to the reality of eight remaining top-flight matches before the drop. Their goal from Hwang Hee-chan came far too late.

While Arne Slot expresses disappointment at the Premier League’s entertainment levels, a verdict hostage to fortune on Tuesday, his starting selection suggested an FA Cup exit would not be countenanced. Winning the trophy will not offer full job security but losing twice at the top flight’s bottom club in three days, a potentially telling blow, was avoided.

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