Liverpool Cruise Past Wolves To Reach FA Cup Quarterfinals

Defender Andy Robertson was the unlikely architect of Liverpool’s 3-1 FA Cup victory over Wolves which eased some of the pressure on head coach Arne Slot.

The Scotland captain broke the deadlock with his first goal since September and then crossed for Mohamed Salah to score on this ground for the second time in four days, all within the space of three second-half minutes.

Curtis Jones extinguished the hosts’ hopes by curling home a low shot from the edge of the area as the 2022 winners cruised into the quarter-finals for only the fourth time since reaching the final in 2012.

ESPN reports that after Tuesday’s dreadful Premier League defeat, the visitors — and Slot in particular — could not afford any more damage and were deserved winners.

Seventeen-year-old winger Rio Ngumoha made the most of a rare start with a man-of-the-match performance ahead of Robertson but it was the veteran left-back who produced the game-changing moments.

The defender, who next week turns 32, proved he still has plenty to offer the team but with the status of his expiring contract remaining unresolved there may be a dwindling number of opportunities for him to contribute having been relegated to second-choice by Milos Kerkez.