Liverpool held onto a 1-0 win over Wolves in a match marred by a serious head injury to Rui Patricio.
Diogo Jota, returning to his former stomping ground, scored the decisive goal to keep Liverpool's top-four chances alive.
It was a beautiful way to break the deadlock as Liverpool's front three elegantly moved up the ground with a number of one touch passes before Jota slotted inside Patricio's near post.
The game was void of many clear cut chances, but Mohamed Salah had a late goal ruled out for offside.
The incident with Patricio in stoppage time overshadowed what was an important win for Liverpool.
The veteran Portuguese goalkeeper clashed with teammate Conor Coady and was given oxygen on the pitch before being stretched off after a lengthy delay.
Jurgen Klopp's side now move up to sixth on the Premier League, five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.
Speaking after the game, the German was happy his side scrapped through with the victory.
He told BT Sport: "It's all about the result. A big fight. If we want three dirty points, I'm fine with that. We had very good moments where we should have done better. Defensively the whole game was really good. I didn't like the start, we weren't active enough.
"We defended well, we counter-attacked. A lot of really good football moments. The goal we scored was beautiful. I thought the goalie would have saved it but it was in.
"A lot of good news tonight but most important, the three points.
"We want to go into the [international] break with a positive feeling and we have it."
