Dave Edwards: A week of two halves for Wolves at Molineux

In an ideal world, you'd have wanted to swap the two results. Going through to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup would have been more important to the fans at this stage of the season with Premier League safety looking increasingly unlikely.

But obviously you have to pick a team that you think is going to be competitive on that day and Rob Edwards got the tactics spot on, on Tuesday night.

They flooded the midfield, played a box against Liverpool's midfield three and it just meant that there wasn't a lot of room for Liverpool to manoeuvre through when they had the ball, and when there was a ball there to be won, that Wolves were more often than not able to come out on top and then find the extra man.

Wolves had technicians in there and were able to keep hold of the ball and they were really good at getting up to Liverpool's box, they just needed more creativity at the top end of the pitch. 

They fully stayed in the game, made changes at the right time in the second half to bring some energy onto the pitch, all the substitutes had a terrific impact and they got their reward.

When you do play against these big teams and you are going to sit back and concede space and concede possession, then you just live for the big moments, and that's where Wolves were exceptional in the first game. 

The energy from Rodrigo Gomes was exceptional, his first touch was fantastic for the goal, and it was a special moment for the fans when both goals went in, in front of the South Bank.

Wolves were good value for the win and it continued the resurgence in the Premier League. I hoped that momentum would carry us into the FA Cup tie on Friday night, which had an exceptional atmosphere at Molineux. It was a huge game.

Liverpool were wounded after the Tuesday result and were a different side in the second game - they were much sharper.

But Wolves were compact, organised and hard to break through, and at half-time I hoped it could be the same story again.

However, we looked leggy in the second half and I was disappointed with the goals we conceded, especially how quickly the first and second goal went in after each other. 

The first one was a terrific strike from Andy Robertson, but we could have got out to the ball a little bit quicker and be a bit more aggressive.

The second goal was very avoidable, too, and was so soon after the first. Wolves got the big moments wrong in the second game and they looked spent.

They massively missed Andre, he was incredible on Tuesday night, and they missed his know-how. It impacts the players around him as well because Joao Gomes has to play a little bit differently and the other players around him have to play a little bit differently because he isn't there. He isn't their safety net.

Rob Edwards will be gutted with how the night played out in the end, but he has to hold his hands up that the better team won on the day. Liverpool came and they were just better than Wolves and that happens when you play a team of that quality.

From a Wolves point of view, it's just a shame those games weren't the other way around and we could have a quarter-final to look forward to. 

What we do have is eight huge games left and Wolves need to continue their Premier League form and try and build on it.

They have an easier run of games now, but I feel there's a real importance on this Brentford game coming up. 

It's on the road on a Monday night, which isn't ideal, but there's such a long break after that. It's the best part of a month that Wolves won't be playing football for, so you've got to leave it all out there at the Gtech Stadium put on a huge performance.

That would allow the players to enjoy the break, get their legs back a little bit and get fully focused on the final run of games in the Premier League and try and finish the season as strongly as possible.

You don't want a poor performance and poor result, with such a long time to dwell on it. That'll be the motivation that Rob Edwards will be giving to the players and hopefully they continue this Premier League run.