Saturday 3 March 2012

Arsenal & Liverpool - disproportionately dramatic!

RVP's 94th minute winner at Anfield today got me thinking - do matches between Arsenal & Liverpool contain more late goals than any other fixture - many of which are crucial?

Off the top of my head, I can come up with the following:

2011/12: LFC 1-2 AFC (RVP last minute winner)
AFC 0-2 LFC (Suraez last minute to seal the game)

2010/2011: AFC 1-1 LFC (Injury time penalties from RVP & Kuyt)
LFC 1-1 AFC (Late Reina OG)

2008/2009: LFC 4-4 AFC (Arshavin & Benayoun in injury time)

2007/2008: LFC 4-2 AFC (Late goal from Adebayor, Gerrard & Babel)

2005/2006: AFC 2-1 LFC (Gerrard's brain freeze, Henry winner)
LFC 1-0 AFC (Garcia winner)

2004/2005: LFC 2-1 AFC (Neil Flipping Mellor - really?)

2000/2001: AFC 1-2 LFC (Michael Owen robbed my FA Cup)

That's not even mentioning the greatest football match ever ever ever, with Mickey Thomas' late winner, or the FA Cup final in 1971.

Clearly there are other occasions I've missed out, and I'm sure I could compile a late drama list for any fixture if I tried hard enough - but Arsenal & Liverpool seem to consistently leave it late!

Thoughts? Am I being overly sensitive to these goals? What have I missed out? Lemme know!

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