5️⃣ of the most iconic stoppage time goals in Premier League history | OneFootball

Stoppage time is going to be a big talking point this season with officials set to add more time on than ever at the end of matches in a crackdown on time-wasting.

But who doesn’t love a dramatic late winning goal? Premier League fans have seen plenty of them down the years, and here are five of the most memorable.

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Reiss Nelson – Arsenal 3-2 Bournemouth, March 2023

We’ll start with a recent example. Back in March this year, title-chasing Arsenal welcomed Bournemouth to the Emirates Stadium, but what many assumed would be a comfortable home win looked to be panning out rather differently when the visitors took a shock 2-0 lead.

However, the hosts rallied with two goals in eight minutes to get themselves back on level terms, before a sweetly struck 97th-minute winner from substitute Reiss Nelson lifted the roof off the stadium.

Mikel Arteta’s side may not have gone on to win the title, but Nelson’s heroics will always be fondly remembered by the Gunners faithful.

Bruno Fernandes – Brighton 2-3 Manchester United, September 2020

Bruno Fernandes’s winning goal at the Amex Stadium three years ago might forever be one of the Premier League’s most unique goals given it was scored so late in the game that the final whistle had already been blown.

It looked like Manchester United would have to settle for a 2-2 draw when referee Chris Kavanagh blew up for full-time, only for VAR to spot a handball from Brighton’s Neal Maupay with the last action of the game.

Kavanagh reviewed the incident on the pitchside monitor before pointing to the spot, and Bruno coolly dispatched from 12-yards to win the game in the 100th minute.

Dirk Kuyt – Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool, April 2011

But Bruno’s goal isn’t the latest to have been scored in Premier League history.

Juan Mata netted a 101st-minute goal for Chelsea against Norwich back in August 2011, but even that one didn’t come as late as Dirk Kuyt’s for Liverpool against Arsenal a few months previously.

In a crazy finish at the Emirates, Arsenal thought they had won the game when Robin van Persie slotted in a 98th-minute penalty to keep their title hopes alive.

However, there was to be even later drama when Emmanuel Eboue fouled Lucas Leiva for a Liverpool penalty. Kuyt stepped up and scored a 102nd-minute equaliser for what remains the Premier League’s latest goal.

Michael Owen – Manchester United 4-3 Manchester City, September 2009

One of the all-time great Manchester derbies was settled by a dramatic late winner back in 2009.

Fresh from signing striker Carlos Tevez from under their rivals noses, Manchester City made the trip across town hoping to show they meant business. And when Craig Bellamy made it 3-3 in the 90th-minute, it looked like the away side would be heading home with a share of the spoils.

But as was so often the case during Sir Alex’s glorious reign, United came alive in ‘Fergie time’ and it was Michael Owen who popped up at the back post to score a sensational 96th-minute winner and send Old Trafford into raptures.

The City bench – who thought the game should already have been over – were incensed but Fergie didn’t care as he danced on the touchline. Manchester was red … for a little while longer at least.

Sergio Agüero – Manchester City 3-2 Queens Park Rangers, May 2012

Two seasons after Owen’s derby winner, City got their revenge.

Having come roaring back to overtake United in the final weeks of the title race, City just needed to beat relegation-threatened QPR on the final day of the season and a first ever Premier League crown would be theirs.

But there was to be a dramatic twist when QPR came from 1-0 down at half-time to lead 2-1 despite having a man sent off, and that was how it stayed until the clock reached 90 minutes.

It suddenly looked like United – who were winning at Sunderland – would be crowned champions unexpectedly, only for Edin Džeko to hand City a lifeline with an equaliser in the 92nd minute.

And then, as the Etihad Stadium held its breath, the ball landed at Sergio Agüero’s feet with 93 minutes and 20 seconds on the clock, and the rest is history.

It is the only time the Premier League title has ever been clinched in stoppage time on the final day of the season, and it will forever be remembered as one of English football’s most iconic finales.

In the words of commentator Martin Tyler: “I swear you’ll never see anything like this ever again.”