Even by Jurgen Klopp ’s standards, the celebrations were wild, the air-punching particularly violent.
His smile could have lit the homeward M6.
No wonder. Chalk this victory up for the manager, mark it down as one for the gaffer.
Midway through the second half, Klopp sent on the rarely-seen Divock Origi and the substitute obliged with the winner.
Perhaps not the most stunning masterstroke but one that paid off and one that was crucial in the context of Chelsea ’s lunchtime slip.
But while Klopp takes a lot of credit, do not overlook the quality of Origi’s finish in added time.
Set up by Mohamed Salah, it was the smartest of turns and conversions.
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Virgil van Dijk stood with his arm around Origi for what seemed an age, acknowledging the importance of the goal.
It was, of course, a little harsh on Wolves and, particularly on their captain, Conor Coady.
But while it arrived in the 94th minute, you cannot say you could not see it coming.
This game ended Liverpool’s run of matches in which they scored two or more goals but they were still a relentless attacking unit.
And they will always be a relentless attacking unit, not least because their full-backs are so ambitious.
The Trent Alexander-Arnold debate will rumble on as long as he remains a right-back.
That he remains relatively low in Gareth Southgate’s pecking order leaves many aghast.
And one piece of smart second half work to thwart a Wolves break showed he CAN defend.
But maybe Southgate thinks Alexander-Arnold simply does not get enough defensive practice.
When you are a full-back for one of the big three, most of your duties are carried out in opposition territory.
For sizable chunks of this contest, Alexander-Arnold looked as likely as anyone to create a clear opening.
In fact, in an attritional first half, he probably had the most obvious opportunity but put his volley into orbit.
That was in keeping with the theme of the opening period - neither side had an effort on target.
To be fair, Wolves, their ambitions strictly limited, did not have many passes on target.
But they did have Adama Traore, who has surely trademarked the ‘frustrating player’ tag.
There is a school of thought that believes Wolves - considering he is not an automatic starter - should have cashed the Traore chip.
If a club such as Spurs had been willing to pay around £30million, they probably should have sold.
It is not as though his goal and assist production is anything to get excited about.
But - and, yes, most of us keep saying it - there is a game-changing player waiting to barrel its way out of Traore.
The opposition know it, which is why Liverpool’s players were on some sort of foul-Adama rota.
Whether it be Wolves or not, someone is going to get a match-winning player eventually.
You never know, it might be Liverpool and Klopp, who is a major on-the-record admirer.
Not that he really needs many more attacking options.
Salah and Sadio Mane again caused defensive palpitations every time they were in possession and Diogo Jota, on his birthday, should have done better with one first half headed chance.
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But led by Coady, Wolves showed immense discipline at the back and Jose Sa pulled off one particularly eye-catching save to deny Mane.
True, Liverpool were not at their most terrifying and certainly not at their most clinical.
But after those 18 games scoring twice or more the laws of averages demanded some sort of blip at some stage.
And here it was - typified by a miss of the season and a defensive intervention of the season in one moment, Jota somehow blasting an absolute sitter into Coady’s body on the line.
But Klopp had an idea … and Origi had the calmness and quality to keep the Liverpool machine rolling on.
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