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Premier League | Gameweek 27
Mar 2, 2024 at 3pm UK
The City Ground
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Nott'm Forest
0 - 1
Liverpool


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Darwin Nunez breaks Liverpool Premier League record with Forest winner

:Headline: Darwin Nunez breaks Liverpool Premier League record with Forest winner:
Darwin Nunez scores Liverpool's latest Premier League winning goal on record with his 99th-minute header in the Reds' 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest.
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Liverpool attacker Darwin Nunez etched his name into Reds folklore with his dramatic winner in their 1-0 Premier League success over Nottingham Forest at the City Ground.

The Uruguay international was passed fit to take his seat on the bench against Nuno Espirito Santo's side, making the matchday squad for the first time since sustaining a knock against Brentford in the middle of February.

Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo and Andrew Robertson were also back in the Reds' ranks, but Jurgen Klopp's men - who remained without a plethora of other key performers - could not assert their dominance onto the Tricky Trees early doors.

Stand-in goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher was called upon on a couple of occasions to save the visitors' bacon, and the spoils would ostensibly be shared as eight minutes of added time went up on the board.

The clock stood at 99 minutes by the time that Liverpool fashioned their last opportunity, though, as Alexis Mac Allister lofted a delicate delivery into the box, and Nunez rose highest to flick a header into the bottom corner in front of the visiting crowd.

As well as sending Liverpool four points clear at the top of the Premier League table, Nunez's effort represented the latest winning goal ever scored by the Reds in the Premier League since data became available in 2006-07.

The Uruguayan's header was timed at 98 minutes and 38 seconds, which is also the 10th-latest Premier League goal on record, seven of which have been scored since the start of 2023.

Nunez has now reached double figures in Premier League goals for the 2023-24 season, and thanks to his aerial brilliance, Liverpool have also won a Premier League game at the City Ground for the very first time.

Prior to Saturday's encounter, the Reds had tried and failed on six occasions to defeat Nottingham Forest away from home in the competition, going winless in 13 league matches at the stadium overall.

Liverpool's most recent success at the City Ground came all the way back in the 1984-85 season, when they finished second behind Everton, and Mac Allister - who set up Nunez's crucial effort - hailed a "special day" for the Premier League leaders in Nottinghamshire.

"So, a special day for us. To win it like that is not easy, we came to a tough place. In that moment I knew it was the last minute and I just had to put it in [the box]. Then Darwin did the rest. As always, he's an important player for us. He's back, so we are very happy," liverpool.com quotes Mac Allister as saying.

"It was very difficult. In the first half we needed to make runs in behind, we didn't do it. Then second half, we did it a little bit more. We know there is no easy game in the Premier League, this is a tough place, you can see the atmosphere.

"I think everyone could see that we were always positive. You could see Virgil [van Dijk] and our leaders always keeping the team very positive, and that's very important to keep going until the end.

"We are a very good team, a very good group with nice players on and off the pitch. That's really important to be always positive. So, very happy because it's three points and now we move on and we think about Thursday."

Manchester City and Arsenal can reduce the gap to Liverpool at the top of the table before the Reds return to action on Thursday, travelling to Sparta Prague for their Europa League last-16 first leg. body check tags ::

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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool16123137162139
2Chelsea17105237191835
3Arsenal1796234161833
4Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest179442319431
5Bournemouth178452721628
6Aston Villa178452626028
7Manchester CityMan City178362925427
8Newcastle UnitedNewcastle177552721626
9Fulham176742422225
10Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton176742726125
11Tottenham HotspurSpurs1772839251423
12Brentford177283232023
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd176472122-122
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham175572230-820
15Everton163761421-716
16Crystal Palace173771826-816
17Leicester CityLeicester173592137-1614
18Wolverhampton WanderersWolves1733112740-1312
19Ipswich TownIpswich172691632-1612
20Southampton1713131136-256
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