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Making sure you don't lose is a desirable trait of any team with sights on silverware.
Finding a way to win, though, is what often separates contenders from champions.
Darwin Nunez's winner, arriving at 98 minutes and 35 seconds, was the latest decider Liverpool had ever scored in a Premier League match
This was the third time the Reds had won a top-flight game in additional time this season following Nunez's strike at Newcastle United in August and Harvey Elliott's thunderbolt at Crystal Palace
That relentlessness also earned late triumphs at Wolves and at home to Fulham, and secured draws at Manchester City and Luton Town, all with goals coming in the 80th minute or later.
No team has scored more times in the Premier League in the 90th minute or later than Liverpool since Klopp took charge
Captain Virgil van Dijk - scorer of the dramatic late winner at Wembley - refused to accept it wasn't going to be Liverpool's day at the City Ground.
Van Dijk
“No, no, no, the game was not over so I still had the belief,"
"We’ve shown over the course of my time here that we never give up. We always keep going. We found a way and that’s the most important thing.
“Darwin's been so important for us this season and it’s great to have him back out there. It’s a big goal and a well deserved win in the end.”
The goal was set up by a composed cross from Alexis Mac Allister, who has revelled in finally being released from his defensive midfield shackles
Van Dijk added on Mac Allister
"He’s an outstanding player both with and without the ball,"
"He’s made such a big difference to the way we play in a positive sense. He has to keep doing that and stay fit.”
Van Dijk said
"When you lose in the last minute it’s never nice,"
"I can understand that. We came here to get the three points and luckily we got them."
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