Anfield hosts another Premier League fixture this weekend, but the focus is not only on Liverpool’s title defence.
Anfield hosts another Premier League fixture this weekend, but the focus is not only on Liverpool’s title defence. The visitors arrive under heavy pressure. Long winless runs always change the mood around a club. Confidence drops. Mistakes grow. Every game starts to feel heavier than the last one. This is the stage Wolves are in right now. The Premier League is already unforgiving, and December only sharpens that edge. Away trips become harder. Crowds sense weakness. Opponents smell control. Liverpool at home is never a comfortable place to reset a season. From a Liverpool point of view, this is a game that demands focus. Struggling sides often play with freedom once expectations fade. The Reds have seen that before. Wolves also carry recent memories at Anfield, including moments of individual quality that still linger among their supporters.
The current mood around supporters of the club may be not as brght and that feeling travels with the team. It also frames how dangerous this fixture could be if Liverpool lose concentration. Now the scale of the situation becomes clear. Wolves are without a Premier League win in 17 matches. If they fail to win again, they will become the first side in 123 years to go 18 games winless from the start of a league season. The last team to do this was Bolton Wanderers in the 1902/03 season. That Bolton side went 22 games without a win. Wolves are edging closer to that unwanted mark. Another defeat would also see them match Newport County’s record of the fewest points after 18 games in English football history. Newport collected just two points in the 1970/71 season.
Liverpool must also note the context. Wolves are missing captain Toti Gomes, while Emmanuel Agbadou is away at AFCON. Rob Edwards is also at risk of matching Mick McCarthy’s run of seven Premier League games without a win. For Liverpool, the task is simple. Control the game. Avoid emotion. Let Wolves carry the weight of history alone.
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