‘Second half was the identity of the team’ – says Munetsi as he is denied first goal in loss to Liverpool

By Agencies and Sports Reporter

Zimbabwe international Marshal Munetsi was denied his first goal for Wolves as he side went down 0-2 away to premiership favourites Liverpool on Sunday.

Wolves left Liverpool empty handed on Sunday but will take heart from a battling second half performance – and brilliant Matheus Cunha strike – which pushed the league leaders all the way.

The opening 45 went the way the table suggested, with Luis Diaz scrambling home the first and Mohamed Salah netting the second from the spot, after Jose Sa had brought down Diaz in the area.

However, Wolves rallied after the break and had threatened on a number of occasions before Cunha curled home a brilliant 13^th goal of the season. Vitor Pereira’s side denied Liverpool a single shot after the break but couldn’t force an equaliser few would have said was undeserved.

After the break Wolves were much improved and could easily have ended up with something from the contest. The tone was set one minute after the interval when half-time substitute Jean-Ricner Bellegarde set up Cunha, who had two bites of the cherry, but couldn’t seriously trouble Alisson.

The chance of the half fell to another introduction in Marshall Munetsi, who was sent clean through by Bellegarde’s flick, but Alisson shot off his line to save.

Speaking after the game Munetsi said “We tried our best. The coach made some changes to put them under pressure, we created a lot of chances and made them uncomfortable.

“In the first half we didn’t really cause them a lot of problems but the second half was the identity of the team, this is what the coach wants. This is something we have to keep doing.”

On his debut: “As you get more chances and opportunities it is good for you as a player but now it is up to me to do my part.”