Liverpool's nightmare week continued as they crashed to a home defeat after twice leading against jinx side Wimbledon.
As boss Graeme Souness recovered from triple by-pass heart surgery in a Cheshire hospital, a makeshift Liverpool side showed plenty of fight but in the end not enough power to match the spirited Londoners.
It was far from the tonic Liverpool hoped to give their stricken manager, and will have given caretaker boss Ronnie Moran plenty to think about for the FA Cup semi-final replay against Portsmouth on Monday.
Liverpool went ahead after six minutes when Wimbledon's Lawrie Sanchez headed Jan Molby's free-kick tamely up into the air and Michael Thomas calmly waited for the ball to drop before volleying home.
Wimbledon's power in the air posed problems for Liverpool's defence, and when Paul McGee crossed from the left after 35 minutes keeper Bruce Grobbelaar punched weekly when it looked simpler to catch.
Robbie Earle tried to work the ball back in. It broke to Paul Miller who drove in low from the right and Sanchez touched it home from close range to make up for his earlier blunder.
But less than a minute from the break Liverpool were back in front, Ray Houghton playing a through-ball from deep on the right flank that sprang the Londoners' offside trap. Israeli International Ronnie Rosenthal, making the most of a rare start in place of Ian Rush, advanced a couple of strides, picked his spot and blasted home an unstoppable drive.
After 65 minutes Wimbledon were back on terms, again exposing Liverpool's aerial frailty as Andy Clarke rose unmarked to powerfully head a Paul Miller cross.
Wimbledon skipper John Fashanu settled matters on 72 minutes from the penalty spot after being brought down by young England full back Rob Jones.
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