Timo Werner with his debut goal
The 99th minute makes Klopp’s Liverpool overjoyed
March 2, 2024, 9:04 p.m
Liverpool FC hasn’t won in Nottingham since 1984 – and this time too it looks like a 0-0 draw. But everything changes in the ninth minute of added time. Jürgen Klopp and his team remain leaders. Timo Werner also has something to celebrate.
Outgoing team manager Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool FC remain at the top of the English Premier League after a last-second win. The weakened Reds won 1-0 (0-0) at relegation candidate Nottingham Forest – Darwin Núñez scored the much-celebrated goal with a header in the ninth minute of stoppage time.
Klopp once again had to do without numerous regular players such as Mohamed Salah and Alisson. To do this, the German team manager, like in the League Cup triumph and the FA Cup, brought in a few youngsters who once again fit in well. Liverpool were dominant, only in front of the opponent’s goal were they lacking final consistency. As the final whistle approached, Nunez headed in a cross from Alexis Mac Allister.
“A pretty special afternoon,” Klopp said on the BBC after Liverpool’s first win in Nottingham in 40 years. With a view to the demanding schedule and many absences, the coach, who was leaving at the end of the season, added: “If you had told me twelve days ago that we would win all four games, I would have said: No chance, that’s impossible.” Winning the games under these circumstances is absurd. “It’s pretty extraordinary what the boys did,” emphasized Klopp.
The pursuers and defending champions can get back to within one point on Sunday with a win in the city derby against United. Arsenal FC also wants to reduce the gap to Sheffield United to two points, the game takes place on Monday evening.
Werner scores the equalizer
Timo Werner scored for the London team for the first time since moving to Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. In the 3-1 (0-0) win against city rivals Crystal Palace under new coach Oliver Glasner, Werner initially had the best chance in the first half. In the 77th minute, the striker, on loan from RB Leipzig, who is still fighting for a place in the DFB team for the home European Championship, managed to equalize. Spurs are fifth in the table.
Before the first leg of the round of 16 in the Europa League at SC Freiburg, West Ham United won 3-1 (0-0) at FC Everton thanks to two goals in stoppage time. Bernd Leno remained in goal for FC Fulham in the 3-0 (2-0) win against Brighton & Hove Albion without conceding a goal for the sixth time this season.