His nudge on Emmanuel Agbadou was not enough for VAR to overrule the penalty award when Sa brought him down and Salah fired home his 41st successful spot-kick in 50 attempts for Liverpool to bring up his joint second-best season tally of 23 Premier League goals.
The Colombian international clipped across field to Salah whose attempted chip towards Jota was sliced by Totti to the far post where the tumbling Diaz improvised and forced it over with his midriff for a long-awaited first goal of 2025.
It was a challenge which convinced Slot to replace the already-booked defender at half-time, while one of Wolves’ interval replacements Marshall Munetsi was denied a goal on his Premier League debut after Alisson charged him down when put through by Cunha’s flick.
The former Wolves forward was also denied by goalkeeper Jose Sa’s outstretched leg at the near-post before Mac Allister’s vision allowed him to clip a pass over the top from the left touchline to send Diaz clear.
They seemed to be cruising after Luis Diaz’s first Anfield league goal since September was followed by Mohamed Salah’s 29th of the season.
