Liverpool 2-1 Wolves: Five things we learned – Virgil van Dijk doesn’t sweat

Had a rare bad day

A lot has been made about the skills of Traoré, and he was highly impressive in the opening stages of the game. He showed tremendous strength and pace, which often caused Robertson serious trouble as the Wolves forward switched his position to the left.

Time and time again the Spaniard got down the line and whipped crosses in as Robertson had his work cut out for him. It looked like it would happened eventually, just through weight of numbers, and eventually it did. Traoré motored down the left as Robertson got caught miles out of position and he stood the ball up for Jimenez to header home.

On 55 minutes Traoré got behind him again and it was all Robbo could do to scythe him down and accept a yellow card and free kick. This was a game in which the Scot failed to manage the conflicting elements of his defensive and attacking duties.

It was a miracle that Wolves only scored one goal, and much of that attacking threat came via a nearly helpless Robertson. It turns out he is human after all. But that’s okay, a little reality check will do the left-back the world of good and you can bet he’ll come back firing for the next game.