Darwin Nunez’s second goal against Newcastle United on Sunday was the 42nd time Liverpool have delivered a winner in the 90th minute or later in the Premier League.
The Reds were down a man when Virgil van Dijk was sent off, but substitute Nunez scored twice in the last minutes to pull off an incredible comeback and win the game 2-1 at St. James’ Park.
The comeback, which was accomplished with 93 remaining, adds to the club’s record of scoring late-game wins in the Premier League.
In this article, we examine the specifics of that incredible feat.
The Reds’ first dramatic late comeback in Premier League play came against Everton, the side they have come back from behind the most often against.
In a 1-0 win for Graeme Souness’ squad in March of 1993, Ronny Rosenthal scored a goal in front of the Kop.
The Blues’ hearts were broken again by Gary McAllister’s free-kick at Goodison Park in April 2001, and again by Dirk Kuyt’s penalty kick six years later and Sadio Mane’s late-November 2016 strike.
Divock Origi scored the fifth and most recent of Liverpool’s late Premier League victory over Everton at Anfield in 2018.
After Nunez scored at St. James’ Park, Newcastle became the second-most common victim of the Reds’ penchant of scoring late. The 1996 and 1997 Anfield victories for Roy Evans’ squad were decided by single goals scored by Stan Collymore and Robbie Fowler, respectively.
When the Magpies came to L4 a year ago, Fabio Carvalho scored the game-winning goal eight minutes into overtime.
Aston Villa, Crystal Palace, and Tottenham Hotspur have all been defeated by Liverpool thrice in this manner, while Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Fulham, Manchester City, and Wolverhampton Wanderers have all been defeated twice.
It’s hardly shocking that Steven Gerrard, of all the players, has scored the most game-winning goals in the nick of time in the Premier League for the club.
A determined solo effort against Charlton Athletic at Anfield in 2003 was the first of four for the midfielder during his 17-year stint.
Before his last penalty kick goal for the Reds in 2014 against Fulham away from home, he scored on the road against Derby County (2007) and at home against Middlesbrough (2008).
Mane, who has done it three times, is second on the list. After scoring in the Merseyside derby, he went on to score the game-winning goal against Palace at home and the historic game-winner at Villa in the championship season of 2019–20.
Fowler, Kuyt, Origi, and Fernando Torres all scored two league game-winning goals for Liverpool in the last seconds.
Jürgen Klopp has presided over 16 (or 38%) of these occurrences over the total of 42.
One of the most dramatic games under the German’s watch was their debut, a 5-4 thriller against Norwich City in January 2016 that was decided with a swing of Adam Lallana’s left boot.
