Goalkeeper Alisson scored an incredible injury-time winner as Liverpool claimed a significant victory in their quest to achieve a Premier League top-four finish by coming from behind to beat West Brom.
With three points a must and just seconds left of a game in which the visitors had been frustrated by an obstinate and disciplined Baggies, the Brazilian keeper came up for a corner.
It was surely the Reds’ final chance to snatch the win and so it proved as Alisson rose to glance Trent Alexander-Arnold’s delivery into the far corner of the net to send the away side into delirium.
In an example of extraordinary timing, it is the first time a goalkeeper has scored a competitive goal for Liverpool in their entire history, dating back to 1892.
The stunning moment takes the Reds just a point and a place behind Chelsea in fourth and three points worse off than third-placed Leicester with two games to go.
That the Blues and Foxes face each other in their next league game gives Jurgen Klopp’s side a huge opportunity to take control of their own destiny in the race for Champions League qualification when they travel to Burnley on Wednesday.
More to follow.
Player of the match
AlissonAlisson
West Bromwich Albion
Squad number4Player nameRobson-Kanu
Squad number1Player nameJohnstone
Squad number5Player nameBartley
Squad number2Player nameFurlong
Squad number12Player nameMatheus Pereira
Squad number6Player nameAjayi
Squad number10Player namePhillips
Squad number14Player nameTownsend
Squad number18Player nameGallagher
Squad number35Player nameYokuslu
Squad number30Player nameMaitland-Niles
Squad number11Player nameDiangana
Squad number8Player nameLivermore
Squad number29Player nameGrant
Line-ups
West Brom
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1Johnstone
- 2Furlong
- 6Ajayi
- 5Bartley
- 14Townsend
- 10Phillips
- 18Gallagher
- 35YokusluSubstituted forLivermoreat 75′minutes
- 11DianganaSubstituted forMaitland-Nilesat 73′minutes
- 12Costa Pereira
- 4Robson-KanuSubstituted forGrantat 82′minutes
Substitutes
- 7Robinson
- 8Livermore
- 17Diagne
- 22Peltier
- 25Button
- 27O’Shea
- 29Grant
- 30Maitland-Niles
- 45Gardner-Hickman
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Alisson
- 66Alexander-Arnold
- 47Phillips
- 46R WilliamsSubstituted forWijnaldumat 84′minutes
- 26Robertson
- 6Thiago Alcántara
- 3Fabinho
- 17JonesSubstituted forShaqiriat 59′minutes
- 11Salah
- 9Firmino
- 10Mané
Substitutes
- 5Wijnaldum
- 13Adrián
- 21Tsimikas
- 23Shaqiri
- 27Origi
- 58Woodburn
- 65Clarkson
- 76N Williams
- 89Koumetio
Live Text
Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Liverpool 2.
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Liverpool 2.
Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Liverpool 2. Alisson (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
Attempt blocked. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Georginio Wijnaldum.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
Attempt blocked. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
Attempt missed. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
Attempt saved. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
Nathaniel Phillips (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Matheus Pereira (West Bromwich Albion).
Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
Semi Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Liverpool. Georginio Wijnaldum replaces Rhys Williams.
Attempt missed. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Fabinho.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Karlan Grant replaces Hal Robson-Kanu.
Attempt missed. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Xherdan Shaqiri.
Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Alisson.
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