If Jurgen Klopp had his way, third-round replays in the FA Cup would be scrapped. Instead, Liverpool face a second game with Wolverhampton Wanderers after failing to beat the second-string side of a relegation-threatened club.
Even that may rank as a relief. Toti had what seemed a winner disallowed for offside but if a draw still showed the improvement Julen Lopetegui has brought at Molineux, this amounted to an unconvincing start to Liverpool’s defence of their crown.
