This utterly ridiculous sport is so often decided by a few crazy minutes which constitute the game’s final act.
We endure the comparatively monotonous 90 minutes that make up normal time to enjoy the euphoria which could arrive during the epilogue of second-half stoppage time. It’s the period where ideological methodologies are thrown out of the window and nothing short of chaos ensues. For just a few minutes, football becomes primitive again.
There’s simply nothing more special than a last-gasp winner; the evolution of a disappointing draw into three big points or, on the rarer occasion, a snatching of victory from the jaws of defeat.
The Premier League may not be unique in terms of playing host to such last-minute drama, but these shores have produced some of the most memorable 90th-minute winners in the sport’s history.
Here are the ten teams with the most 90th-minute winning goals in Premier League history.
Tomas Soucek recently added to West Ham’s tally as he struck late at Goodison Park before Edson Alvarez put some gloss on the scoreline. The Czech midfielder is one of just three players to score multiple 90th-minute winners this season.
While a fair bunch arrived away from east London, manager David Moyes has overseen 21 stoppage-time victories in the Premier League – the joint-most ever alongside Arsene Wenger.
Leon Bailey’s strike against Crystal Palace was the fourth-latest in Premier League history and one of 17 90th-minute winners scored by Aston Villa.
The Villans endured a brief tenure in the second tier but have spent much of their recent history in the top flight. Last-gasp drama has come few and far between for Villa, who currently average less than one 90th-minute winner per season.
They’ve also conceded seven more at the death than they’ve scored. Eek.
It’s not a major surprise that City rank only eighth. They were absent from the top flight for a few years at the turn of the millennium, while their brilliance under Pep Guardiola means they’ve very rarely required magic at the death to sink their inferior opponents.
Nevertheless, City can safely say they were the scorers of the most notorious last-minute…
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