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RANKED: Diogo Jota sinks Tottenham, Divock Origi's derby heroics and Anfield's most dramatic Premier League finales

Anfield has another dramatic finale to add to its vast collection. What is it about this famous old stadium? What is it that creates such occasions, such conclusions?

Liverpool’s 4-3 win over Tottenham on Sunday may not, in the grand scheme of things, prove to be all that consequential. It was, after all, a meeting between the Premier League’s fifth and sixth-best teams, and one which probably underlined why neither is likely to be playing in the Champions League next season.

But boy was it exciting. Boy was it noisy. Boy was it enjoyable - unless, of course, you happen to be of a Spurs persuasion.

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And boy was it in keeping with Anfield’s reputation as THE place for such frenzied climaxes. Liverpool have more stoppage-time winners than any other side in Premier League history, after all.

Here, GOAL ranks the best of their Anfield ones…

  • Steven Gerrard Liverpool Charlton 2002-03Getty

    10Gerrard does it himself (Liverpool 2-1 Charlton, April 2003)

    A list like this wouldn’t be complete without a Steven Gerrard goal, would it? 

    In spring 2003, the Reds were stuttering in their quest for a top-four finish - sound familiar? - and trailed at home to mid-table Charlton before Sami Hyypia struck an 86th-minute equaliser.

    Then Gerrard took over. Collecting the ball on the left wing, he forced his way between two defenders and into the box, firing in a low shot which squirmed past goalkeeper Dean Kiely.

    Off came the shirt, three precious points secured. There would be plenty more late, late Gerrard interventions for Reds fans to celebrate in the coming years.



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  • Roberto Firmino Liverpool 2020-21Getty

    9Firmino sinks Spurs (Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham, December 2020)

    Another Spurs game, another late winner. They must be sick of the sight of this place.

    Jose Mourinho’s side were actually top of the table when they visited Anfield just before Christmas in 2020, but they would leave empty-handed as Roberto Firmino headed a 93rd-minute winner to give the Reds top spot.

    That goal is doubly memorable for a clip of former Spurs boss Tim Sherwood, who declared that “he isn’t really worried about these corners” just as Andy Robertson delivered the ball onto Firmino’s forehead.

    Oh Tim!

  • Jurgen Klopp Fabio Carvalho Liverpool 2022-23

    8Carvalho causes chaos (Liverpool 2-1 Newcastle, August 2022)

    Even in this most frustrating of seasons, Liverpool have been able pull off some of the most dramatic and most spectacular wins.

    One such game was against Newcastle in August, when Fabio Carvalho netted a 98th-minute winner to sink Eddie Howe’s side, who had led in the first half through Alexander Isak, but who had infuriated Anfield with their constant time-wasting thereafter.

    They got their comeuppance late, Carvalho smashing home after a corner. For an August fixture, the noise really was something.

  • Alan Shearer Blackburn 1994-95Getty

    7Redknapp terrifies Dalglish (Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn, May 1995)

    The final day of the 1994-95 Premier League season saw Blackburn Rovers crowned champions, but only just.

    Kenny Dalglish’s side needed to win at Anfield to be sure of the title, and when Alan Shearer fired them into a first-half lead, all was rosy. Especially with Manchester United, their nearest rivals, losing at West Ham.

    But things soon changed. United levelled in London, and John Barnes levelled on Merseyside. Then, in stoppage time, Jamie Redknapp whipped a brilliant 30-yard free kick past Tim Flowers and into the net. 

    For a second, Blackburn’s worst fears were realised. Then came news from West Ham. United had drawn, Rovers were champions, and everyone inside Anfield was happy.

  • Toby Alderweireld Liverpool Tottenham 2018-19Getty

    6Own goal drama (Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham, March 2019)

    The 2018-19 season had plenty of memorable games, if you were a Liverpool fan, but not many prompted the kind of noise this victory over Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs did.

    Liverpool were locked in a ‘don’t blink’ title race with Manchester City, and knew any slip-up would spell the end of their chances. So when Lucas Moura - Sunday’s villain, from a Spurs perspective - cancelled out Roberto Firmino’s opener late in the second half, it looked like the end of the road for Jurgen Klopp’s side.

    But then Trent Alexander-Arnold delivered a cross, Mohamed Salah forced a header goalwards, and when Hugo Lloris parried, the ball struck the unfortunate Toby Alderweireld and rolled into the net.

    Cue bedlam.

  • James Milner Liverpool penaltyGetty

    5Milner keeps his cool (Liverpool 2-1 Leicester, October 2019)

    It may only have been October, but this felt like a seismic moment in Liverpool’s march to the 2019-20 Premier League title.

    Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester were, for a time, the Reds’ closest challengers that season, and they looked to have done enough to leave Anfield with a point after James Maddison had cancelled out Sadio Mane’s opener.

    But in added time, Marc Albrighton brought down Mane, and James Milner kept his cool to win the game from the penalty spot.

    The following day, Manchester City lost at home to Wolves and Liverpool were firmly in the driving seat, in their quest for that elusive championship.

  • Robbie Fowler opens the scoring for Liverpool

    4Lightning strikes twice (Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle, March 1997)

    Eleven months after their original Anfield classic, Liverpool and Newcastle served up another.

    The Reds were going after the Premier League title again, and were irresistible as they raced into a 3-0 half-time lead thanks to Steve McManaman, Patrik Berger and Robbie Fowler.

    But the Magpies, by now managed by Reds great Dalglish, hit back in the final 20 minutes, as goals from Keith Gillespie, Faustino Asprilla and Warren Barton, improbably, drew them level.

    The last word again, though, belonged to Liverpool, Fowler heading home in front of a delirious, disbelieving Kop. Until Sunday, it was the last time the Reds had won a game having lost a three-goal lead.

  • Neil Mellor Liverpool 2004

    3Mellor’s magic moment (Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal, November 2004)

    For someone who scored only six Liverpool goals, Neil Mellor didn’t half leave some memories behind.

    He netted the night Gerrard wrote himself into Anfield folklore with that glorious strike against Olympiacos, you might remember, and a few weeks earlier the striker had enjoyed another magic moment, his late, 30-yard strike sinking the Arsenal Invincibles in front of the Kop.

    Mellor would only score one more league goal for the Reds. He would only play 10 more games. even. His place in Anfield history, though, is well and truly assured.

  • Stan Collymore Liverpool NewcastleGetty Images

    2Collymore closing in (Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle, April 1996)

    For many, THE iconic Premier League game, and THE iconic Anfield ending.

    Both Liverpool and Newcastle were embroiled in a title race when the Magpies arrived at Anfield, six weeks before the end of the 1995-96 season.

    What unfolded was a bona fide classic, the two sides going hammer-and-tong for 90 enthralling minutes.

    And then, in stoppage time, came the final blow, Barnes feeding Stan Collymore, who rifled an unstoppable left-foot strike inside the near post.

    “Kevin Keegan hangs his head, he’s devastated,” yelled commentator Martin Tyler as Liverpool celebrated. Neither side would win the league in the end, of course, but what a show they put on on that balmy April evening.

  • Divock Origi Jurgen Klopp Liverpool Everton Premier LeagueGetty

    1St Divock's Day (Liverpool 1-0 Everton, December 2018)

    “Look at Jurgen Klopp!” exclaimed Sky Sports’ Jamie Carragher, as all around him pandemonium ensued.

    Klopp was in the centre of the Anfield pitch, jumping into the arms of his goalkeeper, Alisson Becker. Down at the Kop End, meanwhile, the rest of his Liverpool players were mobbing the unlikely hero, Divock Origi, whose 96th-minute header had just secured them the most dramatic Merseyside derby win of all time.

    Origi, who had been close to the exit door the previous summer and who had not scored a Reds goal in more than 18 months, capitalised on an absurd error from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to score, just as Toffees fans began to celebrate a hard-earned point.

    An unforgettable ending, one that will no doubt have been on Richarlison’s mind on Sunday evening. He was in the Everton team that day, too.