LATE LATE SHOW: Liverpool’s last-minute masterclass!
They don’t just win. They wait. They wound. They wow.
Liverpool have turned the dying minutes of Premier League matches into their personal stage this season - snatching victory from the jaws of frustration not once, not twice, but four times in a row. It’s not just drama. It’s history.
Four games. Four late winners. One record-breaking run.
- Matchday 1: Federico Chiesa, 88th minute v Bournemouth.
- Matchday 2: Rio Ngumoha, 100th minute v Newcastle.
- Matchday 3: Dominik Szoboszlai, 83rd minute v Arsenal.
- Matchday 4: Mohamed Salah, 95th minute penalty v Burnley.
Liverpool are now the first team in Premier League history to win four consecutive matches with goals scored in the final 10 minutes or later. That’s not luck. That’s legacy.
“We don’t give up. We push ourselves to the limit,” Salah declared after his record-breaking 188th Premier League goal. And push they did—past parked buses, defensive blocks, and mounting pressure.
Arne Slot’s attack may still be finding its rhythm, but the mentality? Ruthless. Relentless. Red.
KEY OPTA MATCH FACTS
- Liverpool are the first side in Premier League history to win four consecutive matches thanks to a winning goal scored in the final 10 minutes or later.
- Liverpool have won each of their opening four Premier League games of a season for the third time (also 2018-19 and 2019-20), already equalling the longest winning streak that they set across the whole of last season in the league (3 runs of 4 wins).
- Burnley suffered defeat in a league game at Turf Moor for the first time since their final game of the 2023-24 Premier League campaign, ending their unbeaten run of 24 home matches in the league (W15 D9).
- Liverpool have now scored 47 winning goals in the Premier League in the 90th minute or later, at least 13 more than any other side (Arsenal – 34) – saw Mohamed Salah score his 188th goal in the competition, but it was his first winning goal scored in the 90th+ minute.
- Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has now scored 188 Premier League goals, moving ahead of Andrew Cole (187) into outright fourth in the top goalscorers chart (Wayne Rooney third on 208).
- Burnley are the first team in Premier League history to lose back-to-back games after conceding a penalty goal in the 90th minute or later in both defeats.
- Since the start of the 2023-24 Premier League campaign, no side have received more red cards in the competition than Burnley (8 – level with Arsenal and Liverpool), despite the Clarets spending last season in the Championship.
- Milos Kerkez’s first half yellow card was only the second caution Liverpool have received in the Premier League for simulation since 2020 (also Ryan Gravenberch v Crystal Palace in May).
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