PREMIER LEAGUE

JURGEN Klopp didn’t score an injury-time winner.

Divock Origi did.

The big Belgian sparked scenes of wild joy in the visitors’ enclosure by swivelling and firing home with barely seconds left to break both Wolves’ stubborn resistance and old-gold hearts.

An assist will go to Mo Salah, who showed the kind of quality that made a mockery of his seventhplaced finish in the Ballon D’OR this week.

The pass from Virgil Van Dijk that set the little Egyptian haring down the wing was sent from heaven too.

But Liverpool’s boss warrants a mention in dispatches for seizing the moment at Molineux.

In fact, he deserves more than that. He should have his name in the assists column as well.

For if this campaign is to end in more Premier League glory for the Reds, they will look back on this biting afternoon in the Black

Klopp weighed up the probablities of losing and gambled by putting a fourth forward into the mix. It paid off

Country with a great deal of fondness. And so will their manager.

Sometimes bosses are lucky with their substitutions. Often, replacements don’t affect the game but will still grab the headlines because they were in the right place at the right time.

This wasn’t one of those occasions.

Klopp chased the game, replacing midfielder Jordan Henderson with striker Origi with over half an hour to go.

Motivated

He weighed up the probabilities of losing it to earn a valuable three points and, in the end, gambled by forcing a fourth forward into the mix. It paid off.

Whether it was in part motivated by West Ham’s victory earlier in the day over Chelsea, only the German will know.

But there was the chance to gain ground on Thomas Tuchel and also crank up the pressure on Manchester City if they could find the elusive goal that, as the match progressed, was always likely to prove decisive.

It looked for all the world as if it was going to be one of those days. Not that Wolves wouldn’t have earned their point, had the game remained goalless.

They followed manager Bruno Lage’s instructions – almost perfectly.

The home boss has won plenty of praise in this part of the world for the way he has opened up. It