Dave Edwards: Wolves missed an opportunity but have positives to take

The hosts were not as confident as what they have been this season, following the Plymouth game and the Merseyside derby.

It was an opportunity for Wolves, but they were not at their best in the opening 35 minutes. They stood off Liverpool, let them build up and didn't really lay a glove on them. 

They weren't clinical enough in that final action when they won the ball back and often the attacks broke down. 

The most disappointing thing is that they didn't have to work hard for their goals at all. The two goals were desperately disappointing. 

The first one, in particular, was just errors compounded. Pablo Sarabia makes a really sloppy pass when Nelson Semedo's overlapping him. He gives it away, Semedo's out of position and a lot of players are gambling into the box with Wolves open.

Matt Doherty then gets a little bit too tight on Diogo Jota, gets rolled, and then Wolves are in a lot of trouble.

It was fortuitous with how it took a touch off Toti Gomes and bounced perfectly for Luis Diaz, when Jose Sa had committed to coming out but couldn't quite get there.

There were lots of points in that attack which Wolves could have stopped it or made it harder for Liverpool. 

Then the second goal was just a long ball over the top. I do think it's a foul on Emmanuel Agbadou when he's nudged, but he should still be able to deal with it.

Sa made the decision to come out and before you know it, we're 2-0 down.

I also have to mention the first half performance of Simon Hooper, which I thought was as bad as I've seen this season in the Premier League. I was at the game in the away end, and it was frustrating. 

He set his stall out early that he wasn't going to give bookings and there were four or five Wolves counter-attacks where Liverpool players were taking it in turns to stop that counter-attack by pulling a shirt or jumping on their backs.

As soon as Simon Hooper didn't give the first couple of bookings, it was difficult for him, and he really lost control.

The first booking for Ibrahima Konate was then quite soft, but his second challenge on Matheus Cunha was a stonewall yellow card.

I heard Jamie Carragher on Sky commentating, saying he didn't think it was a yellow card, but that's a yellow card all day and Hooper bottled it massively in my opinion.

Arne Slot knew it and dragged Konate off at half-time to stop him getting sent off.

Overall it was a really tough first half but Wolves reacted so well and Vitor Pereira was aggressive in making his changes. 

Unfortunately for Wolves, Sarabia and Goncalo Guedes were quite ineffective in that first half and it was those two that came off, being replaced by two midfielders.

I was fascinated to see how they would line up and to see Marshall Munetsi come on and play that false nine, I think he really added something. 

Jean-Ricner Bellegarde had his best game out wide and really found his confidence again - he played extremely well.

Wolves were much better and Munetsi had that big chance, with a lovely pass from Bellegarde, and unfortunately he couldn't find the back of the net.

I know he was one-on-one, but it was a different chance against a world class goalkeeper who made a fabulous save.

Munetsi was terrific, despite that miss. He occupied the defenders, made intelligent runs and was a handful.

That also freed up Cunha, who got more involved in the game and scored a brilliant goal.

He's now scored in three consecutive games and Wolves were on top, looking like the only team likely to score, but Liverpool held on.

It was a well-spirited second-half performance from Wolves that gives you enough confidence moving forward. 

Andre played extremely well, Doherty had a good game and Rayan Ait-Nouri looked good - there were lots of positives with some big games coming up.

The big blow, however, was Agbadou's injury.

He's been fantastic since he's come to the football club but looked a little on edge at Anfield, making a few errors.

It looks like it might be a hamstring injury and he will be a huge miss with two huge Premier League games coming up.

I feel like we need to get one win out of those two games before what is a really favourable run. 

When you look at Wolves' fixture list now, I think you have to go to Man City away in May to find a game they are odds-on not to win.

In all the other games, they have a chance of winning or picking up points, making it a really important nine-game run.

If they can start picking up points quickly, I'm sure they'll pull themselves away from that bottom three, and it'll be a comfortable end to the season.

I think the hardest game in that run is Bournemouth away, which is on Saturday. It's a difficult game.

If Wolves can pick up some results out of these two back-to-back games, I think they'll be absolutely fine.