They think it's all over…
David Alaba’s goal that broke Irish hearts has got us thinking about the art of the dying minute strike.
This one will be fresh in all your minds. After a chaotic Premier League season went down to the final seconds, Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero smashed home a winner to deliver the title. Martin Tyler’s commentary makes this moment all the more special.
This might cheer up fans of the Boys in Green. Hard to believe its 11 years since Robbie Keane lifted the country by scoring this injury time equaliser in Ibaraki at the World Cup.
No, it’s not modeling underwear. One of the greatest dead ball experts to ever grace the game, Beckham needed every ounce of class to send England to the 2002 World Cup.
People of a certain vintage will remember there was another title decider on this final day of the English season. Michael Thomas inscribed his name in folklore with this goal in 1989. Arsenal needed to win 2-0 at Anfield to deny Liverpool the First Division crowd and Thomas held his nerve to see his side proclaimed as champions.
Having just announced his retirement Michael Owen had to get a mention. Liverpool spent almost the entire 2001 FA Cup final pinned in their own half as Arsenal dominated the game. Owen sealed an unlikely victory with this beauty in the 89th minute as the Reds claimed the first FA Cup to be won outside England at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium.
Things have been tough recently for our friend Fernando Torres. One of his rare high points was this goal at the Nou Camp. The Spaniard found himself impossibly clear in the Barça half and rounded the keeper to send Chelsea into the Champions League final. The rest they say is history but what was going on with Gary Neville?
One you may not have seen. It was May 1999 and Carlisle United were scraping for their lives that the bottom of the Football League. It was left to their goalkeeper Jimmy Glass to save the day.
Steven Gerrard has made a career out of scoring important goals in cup finals. This was one of the highest order. Just as the fourth official raised his board for added time the Liverpool captain unleashed a thunder bolt to send the game into extra-time. Liverpool would go on to win the 2006 FA Cup final on penalties.
: NSFW owing to some strong language, nothing that isn’t said to a referee at any game though.
It would be wrong of us not to include a domestic example. Cork City and Shelbourne were heading for promotion to the Premier Division as the game went into the 94th minute. You’d think both sides would settle for the draw but, Graham Cummins had different ideas (skip to 0:51). He nodded home for City to knock Shels off top spot and win the league for Cork. Shelbourne were still promoted too.
Our final example comes from the masters of late goals Manchester United. Trailing 1-0 well into time added on Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer combined for two goals that sealed United’s historic 1999 treble of Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League victories.
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