Grim Wolves defeat summed up everything wrong about this horrible Liverpool season

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCOn-the-whistle analysis from Molineux as Liverpool are beaten 2-1 by the Premier League's bottom side WolvesThis was a game that bore every single hallmark of what has held Liverpool back in a season that has been stretched so grotesquely out of shape.The Premier League champions - which an adjective the Reds only now hear about as a precursor for their shortcomings these days - started slowly and meandered their way through an ordinary first half. Check.READ MORE: Wolves 2-1 Liverpool - Mohamed Salah goal counts for nothing as Reds lose late onAnd then the coup de grâce, the hot-iron branding of Liverpool's 25/26: a winning goal scored in stoppage time to confirm a defeat for Arne Slot and his players.

Nine league defeats tells its own story, it's nearly a third of what has been played to date.It was just the second time in 19 that Liverpool have failed to beat Wolves in the Premier League. All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageEnsure our latest sport headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source.

Click here to activate or add us as Preferred Source in your Google search settingsPaul GorstPaul Gorst is the Liverpool ECHO's Liverpool FC correspondent and brings readers the inside track on all matters Anfield day in, day out. A journalist with over a decade's worth of experience, he has worked at the ECHO since 2016.Choose Liverpool Echo as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCWolverhampton Wanderers FC