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Soccer expert Martin Green has locked in his FA Cup picks and predictions for Wolverhampton vs. Liverpool on Saturday.

- Liverpool vs. [Visit SportsLine now to see the best bets for the Wolves vs. Green has broken down the Wolverhampton vs. They have eliminated Liverpool in five of their seven meetings in the competition. They beat Gillingham 2-0 in the EFL Cup and knocked off Everton 2-1 before that. The Reds have gone out four times in their seven third-round matches as the Cup holders. Green is 7-2 on his soccer picks since the break and 6-3 on his 2022-23 FA Cup picks so far. Liverpool are -675 favorites (risk $675 to win $100) in the latest Liverpool vs. After working in the sports betting industry for several years, Green became a professional sports writer and handicapper and has covered the game worldwide. Wolves are +600 underdogs, a draw is priced at +600 and the over/under for total goals scored is set at 2.5. Before locking in any Wolves vs. Liverpool suffered a shocking 3-1 loss to Brentford in league play on Monday.

Liverpool survived a late VAR scare against Wolves as a lack of camera angles meant an assistant referee's offside call was upheld without definitive proof.

Salah had been in an offside position when Cody Gakpo crossed the ball towards him. [Goncalo Guedes punished a horror error from Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker](https://www.si.com/fannation/soccer/futbol/video/watch-alisson-error-gift-goal-to-wolves-striker-goncalo-guedes) in the 26th minute. But Gakpo's pass did not reach Salah directly. It is at this point that the offside offense is said to have occurred. He was stood somewhere offscreen, possibly near the corner flag. Nunes had originally whipped in a corner kick.

LIVERPOOL is a city which loves its football and comedy – last night they served up both on the same bill.Only this time no-one of a red persuasion.

and a keeper rated the best in the world who played like a pub stopper. Liverpool were off the hook. Liverpool weren’t at the races. But they’d only have been able to blame themselves if so. From a leaden-footed midfield, to a clown-footed defence… That was bad enough.

Wolves earned a 2-2 draw at Liverpool in the FA Cup third round but Toti's apparent winner was disallowed for offside.

The goal was as out of the blue as Wolves’s first had been and proved the last act of an entertaining first half. When Jordan Henderson was passed to in came Adama Traoré like a train to take the ball and leave the captain on the turf. Moments later, Traoré hurtled down the right and fired in a low cross that Jiménez was agonisingly close to tapping in. On the touchline, Klopp fixed on a grin but he surely seethed. Towards the end there even was a third comedy of errors when a Liverpool goalmouth scramble after a corner led to Toti putting the ball in the net only for offside to be given, puzzlingly. More penetrative was a Mohamed Salah burst that caused Jonny to upend him outside the area but the Egyptian’s subsequent free-kick sailed over.

Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers played out a 2-2 draw in the third round of the FA Cup at Anfield. This is what happened with VAR.

[Liverpool](/soccer/team?id=364) took the lead in the 52nd minute when he [Cody Gakpo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/249524/Cody-Gakpo) tried to find [Mohamed Salah](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/173896/Mohamed-Salah) with a ball over the top. Dean decided not to intervene in the on-field decision to allow the goal. There is no doubt Salah is in an offside position, but if the officials judge Toti's actions to be a "deliberate play", Salah cannot be penalised or offside. There are many factors which are taken into account, and an attempted header is judged more in favour of the defender than a kick. The VAR, Mike Dean, had to go with the decision of the assistant because there were no definitive calibrated camera angles to show the position of Nunes and the last defender when Hwang heads the ball. [Liverpool](/soccer/team?id=364) and [Wolverhampton Wanderers](/soccer/team?id=380) played out a 2-2 draw in the third round of the FA Cup at Anfield, but there were two controversial offside decisions.

Saturday's Liverpool Wolves FA Cup encounter ended in a stalemate at Anfield in the third round of the English cup competition.

Julen Lopetegui’s side must have thought that they had got the winner when Gomes scored in the 82nd minute but VAR ruled to the goal due to offside in the buildup. Wolves should have made it two all in the 58th minute when Rayan Ait Nouri was through on goal, but Alisson redeemed himself by blocking the shot on goal. Liverpool came out better of the two sides after the break and took the lead in the 52nd minute following an error from Wolves defender Toti Gomes who got his header all wrong trying to clear Alexander-Arnold’s cross. Trent Alexander Arnold played in a brilliant, lofted ball from the right flank which was emphatically slotted home by Darwin Nunez. The 26-year-old striker took full advantage by slotting home much to the delight of the traveling side. Liverpool were held to a 2-2 draw by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round of the FA Cup on Saturday night at Anfield.

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Holders Liverpool were held to a 2-2 home draw by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup on Saturday and will now face a...

The visitors thought they were close to knocking Liverpool out of the competition as Toti flicked the ball into the Reds’ net, and sprinted away in celebration, taking off his shirt, but his effort was ruled out for offside. Liverpool fell behind after 26 minutes following a howler from goalkeeper Alisson who attempted to play a pass out from the back but directed the ball to the feet of Goncalo Guedes, who slotted in to the empty net. A defensive mix-up then handed the lead to Liverpool, with Mohamed Salah producing a calm finish after Wolves defender Toti flicked a Liverpool pass into his path.

Defensive blunders and a poor showing by Alisson will see Liverpool having to play Wolves once more to see who advances in the FA Cup.

[Harvey Elliott](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/280806/Harvey-Elliott) ( [Fabinho](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/176287/Fabinho), 75"), N/R -- Introduced in the 75th minute with Liverpool looking to win the game. [Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/145392/Alex-Oxlade-Chamberlain) (Gakpo, 84"), N/R -- Deployed on the left-flank in place of Gakpo. [Joe Gomez](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/102053/Joe-Gomez) (Alexander-Arnold, 85"), N/R -- Brought on for Alexander-Arnold who had worked hard throughout the game. [Diogo Jota](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/208133/Diogo-Jota) and [Luis Diaz](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/257390/Luis-Díaz). Produced a strong stop against [Rayan Ait-Nouri](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/272512/Rayan-Aït-Nouri) to keep Liverpool in the lead in the second half, but he was unfortunate with the second goal that the Reds conceded. [Naby Keita](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/196567/Naby-Keita) (Henderson, 68"), 7 -- Keita looked calm in possession and progressed the ball forwards well. His assist for Nunez was a moment of magic to help secure the equaliser, and he also defended well when called upon. Konate was back to better form after a poor display against [Brentford](/football/team?id=337) last time around. Quiet in the second half. Positive substitutions also gave his side the best chance of getting a result from the game. Too many careless moments saw Liverpool questionable with their decision-making, not least for the opener where Alisson looked to still be in the holiday season, gifting a goal to Guedes. [Ibrahima Konate](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/251634/Ibrahima-Konaté) also impressed ahead of a spell where he is set to feature regularly with [Virgil van Dijk](http://espnfc.com/player/_/id/157892/Virgil-van-Dijk) sidelined.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp admits he thought Wolves' controversially disallowed winner was a goal during Saturday's FA Cup clash.

THE BIGGER PICTURE: Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui was outraged by the decision, though corner taker Matheus Nunes was said to be offside when the ball landed at his feet after Liverpool cleared. It was the player in the left corner who might have been offside. Wolves defender Toti Gomes thought he had clinched victory after finding the net with a backheel but it was ruled out when Matheus Nunes was deemed to be offside.

Cody Cakpo reflected on his 'sloppy' Liverpool debut against Wolves and suggested that playing more matches will help him improve his game.

He added: "I think we played in phases really good football but in the end, we didn't score enough, so that's a pity. Of course, you learn the most when you're playing games, so I'm looking forward [to more]." [£44m move to Anfield](https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/liverpool-advanced-talks-50m-gakpo-transfer-beat-man-utd-to-netherlands-star/bltefe54732b6c5ed14) in [Liverpool's FA Cup third-round draw against Wolves](https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/salah-hot-liverpool-still-ice-cold-winners-losers-ratings-alisson-blunders-fa-cup-draw-wolves/blt1b236e787b8e623e) on Saturday.

Defensive problems returned to haunt the Reds as Hwang Hee-Chan equalised within four minutes of coming on as a second-half substitute.

Alisson Becker gifting Goncalo Guedes the opener with a sloppy pass did not help the Brazil goalkeeper's hopes of keeping a first clean sheet in seven matches.