Rob Edwards, Manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers, looks on during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield on December 27, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Brett Patzke - WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images)placeholder image
Rob Edwards, Manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers, looks on during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield on December 27, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Brett Patzke - WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images) | Wolves via Getty Images
Liverpool earned a 2-1 win as Wolves have still to win a Premier League match this season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Rob Edwards admitted he’s getting fed up with losing after being defeated by Liverpool.
Liverpool were dominant in the first half, with Ryan Gravenberch breaking the deadlock in the 41st minute and Florian Wirtz doubling the advantage a minute later. Yet the Reds’ performance level dropped after the break and Wolves reduced the arrears through Santiago Bueno. That set up a nervy finish, although Liverpool managed to hang on to stretch their unbeaten run to seven games and move up to fourth in the Premier League.
Speaking after the game, Edwards told reporters: “It is another loss so it is difficult. I said to the lads, I am getting really fed up of this and I know they are hurting as well. But I will watch the game back, take some of the emotion out of it and feel some of the good things as well. The feeling in the second half, we need to try to harness that because it was ful of endeavour, brave and showed quality against a top team. We can take a lot from it but we're not taking any points.
“Liverpool come to force you back, we all know that here at Anfield anyway. We started the first 10, 15 [minutes] not too bad but then Liverpool began to force us back, changed one or two bits and got a lot of numbers high, it was hard for us to get out, transition moments were difficult, we gave it away too many times and weren't aggressive enough in the areas we wanted to press. We adjusted Mateus Mane's position. I thought he was brilliant the whole game, I went with two strikers and I thought it did work. We found Mane a lot between the lines and were more aggressive with our pressing. We said if we get the next goal it is game on and it was.”
It was an emotional occasion as Liverpool and Wolves remembered Diogo Jota. The late forward, who played for both clubs, tragically passed away in the summer following a car accident. Jota’s wife and children were present, with two of them being Liverpool mascots.
Edwards added: “I think the way we were set up slowed Liverpool down. They had territory but not loads of goalmouth stuff. When the second goal went in, it was normal Anfield again and could feel that and hoping you're not in this washing machine you can get in when Anfield is really going. Liverpool weren't able to get the action going that they can do.
“There is that link between the two clubs because of Diogo and his family being here. I could feel it, I don't know whether the players could, I can't speak for them but I could feel it.”
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