Jurgen Klopp Kenny Dalglish Thiago Alcantara Julen Lopetegui Raul Jimenez Darwin Núñez Nathan Collins Cody Gakpo Mexico Ireland Liverpool soccer Sport cup as Jurgen Klopp Kenny Dalglish Thiago Alcantara Julen Lopetegui Raul Jimenez Darwin Núñez Nathan Collins Cody Gakpo Mexico Ireland Liverpool

Collins stars as Wolves take Liverpool to Cup replay

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Two pieces of goalscoring brilliance were unable to paper over the cracks of holders Liverpool's unconvincing start to their FA Cup defence in a 2-2 draw against an under-strength Wolves side led by Irish international Nathan Collins.Darwin Nunez proved that he is, indeed, a finisher with a brilliant cushioned volley from a sumptuous Trent Alexander-Arnold cross before Mohamed Salah went past Kenny Dalglish in the club's all-time list with his 173rd goal in a red shirt.But defensively Liverpool, beaten on Monday after a chaotic display against Brentford, were disorganised and after Alisson Becker's mistake had gifted Goncalo Guedes the opener, second-half substitute Hwang Hee-Chan secured a replay four minutes after coming on.Even an encouraging debut from £38m signing Cody Gakpo could not hide the failings of a performance which lurched from the bad to the brilliant and back to poor again.Jurgen Klopp fielded his strongest available side against a Wolves team, who have a Carabao Cup quarter-final on Wednesday followed by a relegation six-pointer against West Ham, registering nine changes with 19-year-old right-back Dexter Lembikisa making his first start.Yet after seeing off a deliberately controlled start from their hosts - Salah sending a free-kick over and Gakpo having an early shot - Julen Lopetegui's side looked the better team with Adama Traore's pacey bursts forward causing problems.Liverpool have conceded the first goal in more than half of their matches this season but on this occasion they absolutely shot themselves in the foot.Thiago Alcantara was dispossessed trying to dribble out of defence and his recovery tackle on Raul Jimenez put the Mexico striker on the floor which seemingly left everyone confused.The

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