{"id":1126967,"date":"2020-01-23T22:15:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T22:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1126967"},"modified":"2020-01-24T11:39:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T11:39:28","slug":"liverpool-invincibility-molineux-win","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-invincibility-molineux-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool inch towards invincibility after Molineux win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool made it 14 successive Premier League victories after running out 2-1 winners against Wolves at Molineux on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As well as stretching their lead atop the Premier League table to 16 points with a game in hand, Jurgen Klopp’s men also maintained their unbeaten record in this season’s championship and, in the process, joined a select group as they move another step towards matching Arsenal’s invincibles.<\/p>\n

The new invincibles? Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  • Liverpool are the only side across Europe’s top five leagues yet to suffer a defeat this season.<\/li>\n
  • By winning 2-1 at Wolves, they stretched their unbeaten league run to 40 matches, becoming the fifth side in English football history to reach this milestone.<\/li>\n
  • Klopp’s men are on a 14-match winning streak in the Premier League ahead of next week’s game at West Ham.<\/li>\n
  • They are nine consecutive unbeaten matches away from equalling Arsenal’s record of 49 successive league games without defeat.<\/li>\n
  • Liverpool are still on course to become only the third team in English football history to go an entire top-flight season unbeaten after\u00a0Preston North End (1888\/89) and Arsenal (2003\/04).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    By recording a 40th consecutive match without suffering defeat, the Reds become only the fifth side in English league history to reach such a milestone — before them came Nottingham Forest (42, 1977-78), Arsenal (49, 2003-04), Chelsea (40, 2004-05) and Huddersfield Town (43, 2011).<\/p>\n

    This current Liverpool vintage went ahead in the eighth minute with Jordan Henderson heading Trent Alexander-Arnold’s corner home; but moments later had to watch in-form forward Sadio Mane hobble off with an injury<\/a>. This galvanised Wolves, who equalised through top scorer Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez after the half-time interval before away-day specialist Roberto Firmino secured all three points late on.<\/p>\n