In the early morning of January 18, Beijing time, the third round of the FA Cup rematch, Wolves faced Liverpool in the same competition for the second time in 10 days. The rematch could have been avoided, but the two sides scored two goals each to draw on January 8 and, according to the rules, the two sides had to swap their home games for the replay, this time with Liverpool coming to Wolves' home stadium. In the first half, Elliott scored and in the second half, neither side scored, and Liverpool beat Wolves 1-0 to advance to the next round against Brighton.
Liverpool did not field the main squad in this game, with Elliott, Carvalho and Gakpo forming a trident of attack. Wolves took the lead at home. In the opening 38 seconds, Wolves were attacking in front when the stadium suddenly lost power, but quickly recovered after 2 seconds. In the second minute, Wolves fought in front of the position, Traoré took the ball to the penalty area line after winning the ball on the right wing, he crossed the ball, and centre-forward Jimenez snatched a spot in the middle and deflected it wide.
In the 13th minute, Liverpool quickly counterattacked, Elliott took the ball in midfield and pushed forward with the ball, because the Wolves player did not have a close defense, he directly shot from a long distance when he was close to the top of the arc, a shocking world wave, the ball flew directly into the net, Wolves goalkeeper Jose Sa stood up and did not have time to save. Liverpool lead 1-0.
In the middle and late part of the first half, Liverpool repeatedly created threatening attacks. In the 16th minute, Liverpool attacked in front, Zimikas cut diagonally into the box on the left side, received a pass and volleyed, and the ball flew off the baseline above the goal crossbar. In the 24th minute, Gakpo collided with a Wolves player while dribbling inside the box and fell, which the referee did not indicate.
In the 32nd minute, Liverpool launched an attack on the right side of the front, Elliott short pass from outside the box, Gakpo cleverly ran directly from a small angle, the ball flew out of the goal. In the 35th minute, Keita went straight in front, Carvalho received the ball in front of the ball to form a single knife, he dribbled into the box to push the goal, but the linesman raised the flag to signal that the offside was first, and the goal was invalidated.
Before half-time, Wolves attacked quickly on the right, Traore quickly followed up to receive the ball into the box, facing Liverpool's 2-man defense, he did not continue to dribble forward, but directly chose to shoot, the ball flew away.
In the 59th minute of the second half, Traore volleyed hard from the penalty area line, the ball flew high off the line, and the coach Julen Lopetegui on the sidelines was helpless. Three minutes later, Liverpool instigated a quick attack when Gaki crossed in and his shot was saved, and the linesman signaled for offside. In the 73rd minute, Wolves had a great chance from a free-kick and Neves kicked a quality free-kick that grazed the crossbar and flew off the line.
In the final stages, the Wolves went on the offensive. In the 78th minute, Jimenez headed a one-metre header in front of Liverpool defender Gomez. In the 87th minute, Wolves crossed from the wing and Cunha stepped forward to meet the ball and fired a flying shot. In the third minute, Liverpool counterattacked, Jones dribbled the ball into the box with a low volley, and the ball grazed the post and rolled off the line.
In the end, Liverpool beat Wolves 1-0 to advance to the fourth round of the FA Cup.