Liverpool stayed in the hunt for a top-four Premier League finish with a 1-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday but the match was marred by a serious-looking head injury to the home team’s keeper Rui Patricio.

Play was held up for 10 minutes after Patricio collided with teammate Conor Coady in the 89th minute as they tried to close down Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, who netted but the goal was disallowed.

Patricio was treated and carried off and his Portuguese compatriot Jota, who scored the winner against his former club on the stroke of half-time, had mixed emotions after the final whistle.

Wolves manager Nuno Espirito Santo was relieved after the club’s medical staff said Patricio escaped a serious injury.

“We just had an update now, he’s OK,” Espirito Santo told the BBC.