O'Neil not 'fazed' by winless start for virus-hit Wolves

Wolves' squad has been deed by a microorganism earlier Liverpool's Premier League sojourn connected Saturday.

Goalkeeper Dan Bentley was sick past week and respective of his team-mates are now awesome doubts for nan Molineux clash.

Boss Gary O'Neil, whose broadside are winless and bottommost of nan table, did not uncover who could miss nan game, but said immoderate players will request to beryllium assessed connected Saturday morning.

"There is rather a spot of unwellness astatine nan moment, location are a fewer who will request a cheque connected really they are feeling," he added. "Quite a fewer missed training coming [Friday].

"Some of nan lads will struggle for tomorrow, whether they don't rather make it aliases are not fresh capable to start. Sometimes it tin clear up successful 24 hours.

"We are hopeful that each of nan guys who person had thing complete nan past mates of days will beryllium fine. But, arsenic nan doctors told me, astatine this shape it's difficult to springiness a definitive answer."

Defender Yerson Mosquera is expected to beryllium retired for nan play pinch a superior knee injury truthful 20-year-old Alfie Pond, who made his afloat debut successful nan Carabao Cup conclusion astatine Brighton past week, could commencement against nan second-placed Reds.

Struggling Wolves are 1 of six teams looking for their first triumph of nan season, but O'Neil added: "I'm not fazed astatine all. I'm looking guardant to nan adjacent portion of it.

"First point is you person to judge wherever you are. So we judge wherever we are astatine this infinitesimal and past we conflict pinch everything we person to amended it.

"We person to get nan group successful nan champion spot imaginable for Liverpool and past springiness perfectly everything to effort and amended our points tally."