Phil Thompson says incident he saw during Wolves vs Liverpool ‘cannot happen’ in professional football

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Liverpool only have themselves to blame for losing to Wolves in such disappointing fashion, but Phil Thompson is nevertheless taking issue with the opposition’s underhanded tactics. Wolves managed to negate Liverpool’s growing set-piece threat, but it was that very facet of the game where Thompson took issue.

What is the cause of Liverpool’s historically bad late-game management? 👀 Is it complacency, lack of focus, or are they just rattled beyond repair? Wolves’ injury-time winner is the fifth against Liverpool this season — the most in PL history 😬Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images He discussed the set-piece scuffles as part of that, saying: “I watch Eredivisie still and fouls against keepers are always given.

Here you can almost hit a goalkeeper in his face and it’s play on.“My football heart doesn’t like it (the way football is going). Liverpool’s set-piece renaissance helped them through a difficult few weeks and it’s nice to be on the scoring end rather than conceding.