Aiming to pick up where they left off before the international break, Liverpool take on Wolverhampton Wanderers in Saturday's early Premier League kickoff.
Jurgen Klopp's men swatted aside Aston Villa 3-0 in gameweek four, while their hosts were on the receiving end of a 3-2 beating at the hands of Crystal Palace.
No fewer than five goals flew into the back of the net over the course of 45 minutes, but unfortunately for Wolves, two of them went to Odsonne Edouard either side of an Eberechi Eze effort, which rendered Hwang Hee-chan and Matheus Cunha's headers meaningless.
A smash-and-grab win over Everton and 5-0 EFL Cup thrashing of Blackpool represented a morale-boosting end to August for O'Neil's side, but the harsh reality check inflicted upon them at Selhurst Park leaves them languishing in 15th place in the embryonic table, having already been bested on three occasions this term.
Teething problems were to be expected as Wolves adapt to life after Julen Lopetegui - even if his departure seemed inevitable for some time - and the hosts gave Manchester United an extremely good run for their money in gameweek one, but points take precedence over performances in the basement battle.
So far at Molineux, Wolves have only suffered a 4-1 thumping at the hands of Brighton & Hove Albion this term, but they had previously strung together a five-game unbeaten streak on their own turf, conceding just one goal in that sequence.
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