Their misery was compounded on Wednesday after a 1-0 home defeat to Southampton as they missed out on a place at Wembley in the League Cup final.
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And during the break, Moreno could be seen enjoying a friendly chat with Wolves player Helder Costa, and Lawro, commentating on the game for BBC 5 Live (via Balls.ie), didn’t like what he saw.
That might not be the easiest thing to do against a team of Liverpool’s attacking prowess but Claude Puel’s well-drilled side showed incredible spirit to win the day. Mane’s unpredictable, explosive style of play has been a big part of the fear Jurgen Klopp’s side has struck into defences everywhere and Liverpool are definitely missing the Senegalese winger. The Reds have gone off the boil with only one win in their last seven games and that came against a League Two side.
Long and co now travel to Wembley on February 26 where they will face Manchester United.
Meanwhile, Conor Coady, the Wolves midfielder who started his career at Anfield before leaving to join Huddersfield in August 2014, is hoping to be able to get the chance to put one over his boyhood club.
Liverpool have taken just two points from their last three league games, and now sit in fourth spot in the Premier League table, a full 10 points adrift of league leaders Chelsea.
“First half, difficult, I’m not sure if you felt it but the wind was really unusual”, Klopp said afterwards.
He moved to Wolves before joining Burnley in July 2012 and scored a penalty as the Clarets lost 3-1 to Southampton in the Premier League in October.
Divock Origi sparked a frantic last five minutes with a close-range strike but it was too little, too late, as Wolves became the seventh lower-division team this millennium to knock the Reds out of the FA Cup.
This is what happens, though, when you rely on inconsistent players.
“To find this opportunity to play in a cup final is fantastic, over two legs we deserved it, because were fantastic in the first leg at home with just one goal with many opportunities”.
‘Try and press them when we can press them and I thought it worked incredibly well.
“It’s a lottery in the final, but they are playing Southampton and you’ve got to fancy them”, he added.
A number of factors combined to make Liverpool look like a shadow of the team that blew opponents away in the first half of the season. For me it is very important the way we choose to create chances.
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“You have to score in this or that situation then the game changes a little bit, not against each team, but a few teams are happy with only being 1-0 down or whatever”.
