Football writer Dan Edwards looks at the key talking points from Tuesday's Premier League action.
They couldn’t, could they?
It was fewer than two weeks ago that Wolverhampton Wanderers sat bottom of the Premier League table with nine points from 26 games, with the prospect of undercutting Derby County’s record low total of 11 points in 2007/08 not a wholly unrealistic one.
They have since turned Molineux into a venue to be feared once more, drawing against league leaders Arsenal before defeating Aston Villa and now Liverpool in the space of five days. Their 2-1 victory was the headline-grabbing story of Tuesday night.
Wolves are the first bottom-placed side in Premier League history to beat two teams in the top five places in consecutive games.
With 14 points since Christmas, they now have 16 points to their name and are within 11 points of Nottingham Forest in 17th, who face Manchester City on Wednesday. They have eight more games to play, with 24 points up for grabs.
Four of Wolves’ final eight league matches are against teams who are currently in the bottom six - West Ham United, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley. None of their remaining opponents are in the top six.
Rob Edwards' side frustrated Liverpool for much of this game, but a win never felt particularly likely until Rodrigo Gomes put them ahead in the 78th minute with their first shot.
It’s the second-latest on Opta’s records (2006/07 onwards) that a team has scored with their first shot in a Premier League match, after Fulham v Newcastle United in October 2022 (88th minute).
Liverpool quickly responded through Mohamed Salah, who scored his first Premier League goal since 1st November, but Wolves were not ready to give up.
It took some luck - a deflected strike from Andre in the fourth minute of added time - to earn Wolves all three points, but they will remember the jubilant celebrations longer than the goal itself.
Head coach Edwards’ resulting sprint down the touchline was described as going “full Jose Mourinho” by TNT Sports commentator Darren Fletcher.
“I know I've lost myself in that moment there”, Edwards joked with TNT Sports. “People might think we're bottom of the league, but you saw the energy around this place. You have to enjoy it. We're trying to turn things around.”
"At 1-1 if there's going to be another goal, you're expecting Liverpool. We've almost had to win the game twice. That's what makes me so glad.”
It’s a familiar feeling for Liverpool, who have now lost five Premier League games to goals scored in the 90th minute or later this season – the most ever by a team in a single campaign.
"We are losing far too many football games and dropping points", Arne Slot bemoaned post-match. "The three times we have lost in the last 22 games have all been in extra [stoppage] time."
These clubs will do it all again on Friday when Wolves host Liverpool at Molineux in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Elsewhere, three teams chasing European football - Bournemouth, Brentford and Everton - were all in action on Tuesday night, and it was the Toffees who made up the most ground with a 2-0 win against Burnley.
England, represented by the Premier League, currently top UEFA’s coefficient table, meaning that - as was the case last season - a seventh-place finish may well be enough to secure a place in a European competition.
Everton are now eighth, and only two points off sixth place ahead of Wednesday's matches.
They have one of the league’s unsung heroes this season in midfielder James Garner, and his quality was clear for all to see once again, as he finished the Burnley game with the most touches (93), tackles (seven), and chances created (five) of any player.
It was his long, searching cross that enabled James Tarkowski to open the scoring against Burnley. It would be hard to name five players with a better delivery from dead-ball situations across the top flight, and it is qualities of this type that may earn him a surprise spot in Thomas Tuchel’s next England squad.
Kieran Dewsbury-Hall scored his sixth goal of the season to give Everton a cushion in the second half; he had only scored three goals in total across his previous three Premier League campaigns.
There had been a revival of late for Burnley as they came from behind to earn four points against Crystal Palace and Chelsea, but after two defeats in the space of four days, they are starting to run out of time.
The gap to Nottingham Forest in 17th is eight points.
Antoine Semenyo, Ilya Zabarnyi, Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez. These are just some of the names that have left Bournemouth since the end of last season, and yet they have only been defeated seven times in the Premier League in 2025/26.
Only the current top three - Arsenal (three), Man City (five) and Manchester United (five) - have lost fewer games.
They have, though, drawn a league-high 13 games this season, and perhaps their issue is that they are drawing too many games they should have won; they will feel that tonight, against Brentford, was a prime example.
With 1.99 Expected Goals (xG), tonight was the highest such figure they have recorded this season without finding the back of the net. By comparison, Brentford’s xG totalled just 0.40.
The Cherries twice went close to scoring through Marcus Tavernier, who became the first player since Salah in April 2025 to hit the woodwork twice in a Premier League match without being on the scoresheet.
Brentford, who remain in the coveted seventh place, will no doubt be pleased to leave with a point. For Bournemouth, it must be regarded as a missed opportunity.
Leeds players and fans alike pride themselves on making Elland Road a daunting stadium to visit, and that’s especially true of evening games under the lights.
Before tonight, Leeds were unbeaten in 22 consecutive league games at Elland Road when that match kicked off at 19:00 or later, with Liverpool in April 2023 the last team to defeat them in such an encounter.
They looked all set to extend that record when Joe Rodon found the net from a typically astute delivery from Anton Stach in the 64th minute, but Leeds' celebrations were cut short when Rodon was found to be offside.
Sunderland instead took the lead themselves minutes later when Habib Diarra converted from the penalty spot. It was their only shot on target of the match, and one of three attempts in total.
Indeed, this was just the fifth game in the Premier League this season to see a team win via just one shot on target, with Sunderland accounting for two of those – they won with the same statistic against Newcastle United in December.
The Black Cats have now reached the elusive 40-point mark, while Leeds remain entrenched in the relegation battle with 31 points – six clear of West Ham in 18th but with an extra game played.