Can we talk? "Salah" opens up about Liverpool's tendency to concede crucial late goals before their FA Cup fifth-round rematch with Wolves.
On 6 March 2026, Liverpool manager Arne Salah spoke before the FA Cup fifth-round match away at Premier League rivals Wolverhampton, scheduled for tonight at 03:00 GMT+7.
Liverpool recently suffered a 1-2 defeat to bottom-table Wolverhampton in the Premier League on Tuesday, with the "Wolves" scoring the winning goal in the 90+4th minute by Andre, who struck from outside the box; the ball deflected off and slipped past goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
This marked Liverpool, under manager Arne Salah, conceding a last-minute goal (from the 90th minute onward) leading to defeat for the fifth time this season—the most in a single Premier League season's history—causing the "Reds" to drop to 6th place behind Manchester United, Aston Villa, and Chelsea, shaking up their hopes of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.
Liverpool's manager addressed the issue of conceding late goals and how to handle it: "It's truly worrying if you lose, and even more so if you lose the same way multiple times."
"But the nature of the goals we concede in the final minutes isn't always the same. Sometimes it's from set pieces, like the game against Fulham (where we were equalized 2-2), or from shots outside the penalty area, which aren't key chances that we allowed to happen."
"Therefore, we try to prevent the opposing team from having scoring opportunities in crucial moments. Generally, this is something we do quite well, but unfortunately for us, it resulted in conceding two goals on Tuesday."
"Is it because of our style of play? I'm not so sure, because we want to win that game. And I think that's normal—if you're Liverpool playing away at Wolves and you've just equalized 1-1, you try to win the game. But that doesn't mean we pushed Virgil van Dijk or Ibrahima Konaté forward."
"We still play our own way in situations like this. In the past, sometimes we substituted attacking players for defenders, but recently, when we concede goals, we haven't done that anymore."
