On February 4, one of the matches of the 22nd round of the English Football Championship took place. Wolverhampton (England) and Liverpool (England) met.
English Championship, round 22
Wolverhampton (England) — "Liverpool" (England) — 3:0 (2:0)
Goals: Matip (5), Dawson (12), Ruben Neves (71)
Warnings: Dawson (45+4), J. Gomez (75)
On the evening of the heavyweight matchup between Wolves and Liverpool, Wolves impressed with a 3-0 win by torchlight. Five minutes later, the home team unexpectedly opened the scoring by scoring an own goal by J. Matip. Shortly thereafter, K. Dawson added a second in the 12th minute, doubling the lead. Hwang Hee-Chan came on as a substitute shortly before halftime on the Wolves' first shift of the night. Immediately after the break, K. Dawson received a yellow card for a harmless tackle. Two minutes later, M. Cunha and R. Jiménez switched places before Liverpool responded with a substitution of their own in the 65th minute. In the 71st minute, R. Neves was aiming to make it 3-0, shortly before J. Gomez entered the book for Liverpool. Then the wolves made a double substitution: M. Lemina and D. Podens joined the squad. R. Ait Nuri then took Johnny's place on Wolves' fifth shift, to which Liverpool responded in kind. K. Gakpo and A. Oxlade-Chamberlain were replaced, while Thiago and J. Milner were replaced at the same time. Finally, A. Robertson and K. Tsimikas replaced each other in the 86th minute with another double substitution. As Wolves continued to dominate, the result remained 3–0 until the final whistle.
In the next round, the opponents are waiting for such matches: Southampton - Wolverhampton, Liverpool - Everton.