In today’s exciting Premier League matchup, Liverpool showcased their dominance by securing a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Nottingham Forest, extending their lead at the top of the table. The pivotal moment arrived in the 99th minute when substitute Darwin Nunez found the back of the net, clinching the win for the Reds and solidifying their four-point lead.

On the other hand, Everton endured a disappointing setback in their quest for league success as they fell to a 3-1 defeat against West Ham United. This defeat further complicates Everton’s position in the league standings, adding to their challenges as they navigate the remainder of the season.

• Darwin Núñez goal seals 99th-minute Liverpool win

Darwin Núñez’s dramatic last-minute header secured a thrilling victory for Premier League leaders Liverpool, sealing a 1-0 win over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Saturday.

Núñez’s decisive goal in the 99th minute propelled Liverpool to a four-point lead over second-placed Manchester City, amassing 63 points from 27 matches. However, it’s important to note that Pep Guardiola’s side still have a game in hand. Meanwhile, the result dealt a devastating blow to Nottingham Forest, leaving them four points above the relegation zone in 17th place.

• Two late goals lift West Ham to a 3-1 win at Everton.

Tomas Soucek and Edson Álvarez scored goals in stoppage time to give West Ham a 3-1 victory against Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday in an exciting Premier League match, adding further uncertainty to the host team’s relegation struggle.

Even though Everton’s Beto missed a penalty kick in the first half and went on to score his team’s first goal in the 56th minute, West Ham’s Alphonse Areola, who had an outstanding performance, kept Everton from scoring more goals. Eventually, Kurt Zouma tied the score for the guests.

In an unexpected change of events, West Ham’s triumph was cemented by Soucek’s outstanding effort and Alvarez’s first Premier League goal, which came about after a quick counterattack.

Everton is presently five points above the relegation zone in 16th place with 25 points, but their situation is still tenuous because they have played two more games than Luton Town, who are in 18th place. West Ham, on the other hand, is in seventh position after 27 games with 42 points.

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed that forward Darwin Nunez will undergo a late fitness test ahead of the crucial match against Arsenal on Sunday. Nunez, the Uruguay international, has been in impressive form with three goals and two assists in his last four Premier League games. His contributions have been crucial in compensating for the absence of star winger Mohamed Salah, who is sidelined due to a hamstring injury sustained at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Nunez showcased his skills against Chelsea in midweek but played through an injury, which has raised concerns among the medical staff. Klopp revealed that Nunez’s fitness will be assessed closely before the match against Arsenal, highlighting the importance of his presence in the team.

“A little side story you don’t know, I don’t know if Darwin will be available or not because after 20 minutes, someone stepped on his foot,” Klopp confessed. “Very painful after the game.

“He only took the boot the game off after the game because he didn’t want to see it before. He knew there was something.

“He left the stadium in a boot and it was not a football boot. Nothing broken, x-ray clear but swollen. We have to see if he can get his foot back in a football boot or not. That takes time. I didn’t see him this morning so we have to wait a little bit.”

If Nunez is unable to make it back in time for the match, Klopp would probably play Cody Gakpo alongside Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota, who both scored goals in the convincing 4-1 victory against Chelsea.

Jota has received a lot of attention lately, and Klopp acknowledged that the 27-year-old has everything he needs to succeed in the Premier League.

“He just has it,” the boss said. “He is a complete package, and he knows that and everyone knows that. He got a few injuries at the wrong time and if you get too many as well, he is unlucky and Diogo gets in each game knocks like crazy.

“If I go through the medical reports since Diogo is here and he is always there and not as ‘injured’ but just has a bruise, has a knock and he really gets it and on top of that a couple of times and he is out for too long or his numbers would look different.

“He was in really good shape before he got injured, came back and is in a really good shape, he is literally flying. Everything looks light, he is fresh, and looks explosive.

“On top of that he always is an extremely smart footballer. If the world looks to a country where it is not big but has a lot of extremely smart footballers it is Portugal. The amount of footballers they have delivered to the football world compared to the amount of people is crazy. And the kind of players, too. Really special.”

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Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk is facing charges from the FA due to his response after being shown a red card during the match against Newcastle United.

The incident took place after the captain of the Reds was sent off for a late challenge on Newcastle forward Alexander Isak at St. James’ Park on Sunday. Despite a late double from Darwin Nunez, Jurgen Klopp’s team managed to secure a 2-1 victory.

An FA statement read: ”Virgil Van Dijk has been charged with a breach of FA Rule E3.1 following Liverpool’s Premier League game against Newcastle United on Sunday, 27 August. It’s alleged that the defender acted in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting words towards a match official after being sent off in the 29th minute. Virgil Van Dijk has until Friday, 1 September to provide a response to this charge.”

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Jurgen Klopp admitted that his two-goal hero Darwin Nunez was disappointed that he did not start Liverpool’s triumph over Newcastle on Sunday.

10-man Liverpool stunned Newcastle with a 2-1 comeback win thanks to a late Darwin Nunez brace. The Uruguayan striker came off the bench to help his team with an equalizer and a 93rd-minute victory. After the game, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp confessed that the £64 million man was dissatisfied with his role as a substitute.

“I understand the question, it’s clear he’s not happy,” Klopp said when asked about Nunez starting all three of Liverpool’s opening league games on the bench. “He will play, there’s no doubt about that. We need everyone. We need to find a way of playing. This is a new team with new key players. It needs time. He scores two goals and can’t get the smile off his face. For the team, it was super important. You need these things together. You cannot force it.”

Liverpool fell behind in the 25th minute to Anthony Gordon’s goal and had to play with 10 men for nearly an hour when Virgil van Dijk was sent out for a tackle on Alexander Isak. Klopp went on to call Nunez, who scored twice, “super” and said he was “fired up” when he came on late in the second half.

Since his big-money move from Benfica last summer, the 24-year-old has been unable to win over Liverpool fans.

He’ll be hoping that the confidence he displayed in scoring his two goals will earn him a place in Klopp’s starting XI against Aston Villa next weekend.

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Darwin Nunez has chosen to take over the No. 9 shirt left vacant by Roberto Firmino for the next Premier League season, according to Liverpool.

Nunez will change from No. 27 to No. 9 for the start of the upcoming Premier League season, according to Liverpool. The forward has taken over the number that was left vacant following Firmino’s free transfer to Saudi club Al-Ahli. Liverpool have also stated that the attacker will refund fans who have already purchased his No. 27 jersey.

 “Darwin Nunez will wear the No.9 jersey for Liverpool for 2023-24,” read a club statement. “The forward has opted to take the number that was left vacant after the departure of Roberto Firmino upon the expiry of his contract earlier this summer. Fans who have already purchased new 2023-24 home and away jerseys printed with the name ‘Darwin’ and the number ‘27’ will be personally reimbursed by Nunez with a like-for-like exchange for a ‘Darwin 9’ shirt.”

Nunez will be the latest player to don Liverpool’s historic No. 9 shirt. Club legends like Ian Rush, Robbie Fowler, and Fernando Torres have previously designed the legendary jersey.

Liverpool’s 2023-24 Premier League season is set to begin on August 13 against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

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Luis Diaz is set to make his long-anticipated injury comeback from injury for Liverpool against Manchester City this weekend.

The Colombian has been out since sustaining a knee injury in the loss to Arsenal in October, but he resumed full training at Kirkby on Tuesday. If there is no negative response, Diaz will travel with Jurgen Klopp’s squad to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

The news will be a great boost for Klopp, whose team has a vital eight days to finish in the top four. The Reds play City on Saturday, then travel to Chelsea on Tuesday before hosting league-leading Arsenal on April 9.

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Darwin Nunez is not expected to be fit for the weekend, despite the striker missing the most recent Uruguay team due to a leg ailment, according to Klopp. But Thiago Alcantara, a midfielder, is still out with an unidentified hip problem.

The Spaniard hasn’t played since the beginning of February, and Liverpool had anticipated that he would be out for up to four weeks. He hasn’t joined the team for training, so he likely won’t be available for another crucial stretch for Klopp’s club.

The Reds presently hold the sixth spot in the Premier League, seven points behind Tottenham in fourth place despite having two games in hand. Newcastle is five points ahead of Liverpool, so they know that a loss against Manchester City on Saturday (12:30 GMT) may effectively put an end to their chances of qualifying for the Champions League.

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In what was arguably the biggest Premier League thrashing of all time, Liverpool destroyed Manchester United 7-0 at Anfield.

After Liverpool’s historic 7-0 thrashing of Manchester United at Anfield, Mohamed Salah broke the record for Premier League goals scored, thereby ending United’s chances of joining the race for the title.

The future of the Reds’ forward line paved the way as Darwin Nunez and Cody Gakpo scored twice to demolish their arch-rivals with a result which was the largest victory in the fixture’s 211-match history.

Three of their goals came in a seven-minute spell either side of half-time which left the visitors, who have not won on this ground since Jurgen Klopp’s first encounter with them in January 2016, reeling.

More Reds history written by @MoSalah 💫 pic.twitter.com/E6WZ0IEzT2

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 5, 2023

The soon-to-be last man standing of Liverpool’s famed front three Salah then provided a timely reminder of the standards that pair have to meet with two goals of his own – either side of a Nunez header – to go past Robbie Fowler as the club’s record Premier League scorer with his 128th and 129th goals.

Substitute Roberto Firmino, who on Friday told the club he would not seek a contract extension and would end his eight-year stay in the summer, applied the finishing touches with the seventh. Last season Liverpool won 5-0 at Old Trafford and 4-0 at home but that was a side who were competing for an unprecedented quadruple.

This version has struggled most of the season but appears to be gathering ominous momentum at just the right time.

Even overturning a 5-2 Champions League first-leg deficit to Real Madrid next week now does not seem as impossible.

Erik ten Hag’s side had lost just three of their last 22 league matches and their haul of 23 points since the World Cup resumption was the most of any team but by the end, with chants of ‘Ole’ rolling off the Kop, former United defender Gary Neville said they had played like schoolboys.

They had arrived looking to force their way into the reckoning at the top but defeat left them nine points behind second-placed Manchester City and 14 adrift of leaders Arsenal and even with a match in hand talk of a title bid now looks fanciful.

Liverpool, however, are upwardly mobile as 13 points from the last 15 and a fifth successive clean sheet has them breathing down the neck of fourth-placed Tottenham, just three points behind with a match in hand and Spurs still to visit Anfield.

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In an almost symbolic handing over of the baton Gakpo, now occupying a similar deeper-lying forward role to Firmino but with potentially more goal threat, seized the occasion with the crucial opening goal. And what a brilliant one it was.

Just two minutes before half-time Andy Robertson’s through-ball inside Fred allowed the Netherlands international to cut inside Raphael Varane and chop back onto his right foot to caress a shot past David De Gea.

It was Liverpool’s first shot on target but would not be their last as two minutes after the break 19-year-old Harvey Elliott started the move which led to his assist for the second goal.

Having intercepted a pass deep in United territory the ball was moved on to Fabinho who chipped over the back four to Salah and while Luke Shaw blocked his cross, Elliott reacted quickest to whip a cross for Nunez to head home from close range.

Three minutes later the game was over as a contest as Jordan Henderson collected Bruno Fernandes’ poor cross aimed at no one, Gakpo then picked up the ball just outside his own penalty area and released Salah.

The Egypt international teased Lisandro Martinez, eventually putting the World Cup winner on the turf, as he played in the on-rushing Gakpo to clip over De Gea.

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker’s mis-control briefly gave Fernandes the hope of pulling one back quickly but the ball was scrambled clear and when Nunez broke in a four-on-three there was only likely to be one outcome.

The Uruguay international’s first attempt at a pass was blocked by Scott McTominay but he picked out Salah with the rebound, deflected off the United midfielder, and he lashed home off the underside of the crossbar with his weaker right foot.

He was the first Liverpool player to score in six consecutive appearances in all competitions against Manchester United but he was not finished there with visiting fans heading for the exit Nunez’s clever backward header from Henderson’s cross had the crowd demanding demanding “We want six.

Salah duly delivered with his record-breaking goal, courtesy of a fortunate rebound off Firmino before the substitute had the final say in the 88th minute to inflict United’s heaviest defeat since losing 7-0 to Wolves on Boxing Day 1931.

What a day 😁 pic.twitter.com/YHqEIhpzab

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 5, 2023

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Vinicius Junior received glowing comments from Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti for his performance in Tuesday night’s 5-2 victory against Liverpool.

Los Blancos started this round of 16 first leg at Anfield with the worst possible performance in a replay of last year’s Champions League final. Early on, Darwin Nunez gave the Reds the lead before Thibaut Courtois assisted Mohamed Salah with his second goal.

Then, though, Real Madrid sprang to life. Vinicius scored an impressive long-range goal to equalize before beating Alisson with a goal that was very identical to Salah’s. Just after the half, Eder Militao gave the visitors the lead, and Karim Benzema sealed the victory with a pair of goals.

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Speaking to the press post-match, Ancelotti spoke glowingly about his star Brazilian winger.

“Right now, I think he [Vinicius] is the most decisive player in the world,” Ancelotti said.

“Everything he does is a dribble away from a defender, an assist or a goal, and he does it for the full 90 minutes. He just never stops.”

Upon returning to the Santiago Bernabeu with a certain three-goal lead, Ancelotti reiterated his conviction that the match is still not finished.

“For Real Madrid, and it has always been like this, the Champions League is the most important competition for the club, so that is felt in the preparation for these games,” he added.

“It is certainly not over yet, we have done well in the first part of the tie, but the second is still to be played and anything can happen.”

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has acknowledged his team was unable to match Real Madrid’s speed during Tuesday’s 5-2 thrashing at Anfield.

Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah had fired Liverpool into an early lead but they were pegged back to 2-2 at half-time, after which the visitors ran riot and bagged three unanswered goals to effectively put this tie to bed.

Speaking to BT Sport after the game, Klopp admitted he had a lot of lessons to learn from the defeat.

“The beginning was outstanding,” he told BT Sport. “It was us in a nutshell. It was perfect, exactly how we wanted to play. The whole first half was good beside the goals.

“The first goal we became slightly passive higher up the pitch, we weren’t chasing them. The second goal is slapstick. It shouldn’t happen, can happen, 2-2.

“The first situation pretty much [after the break] they played a long ball to Vinicius.

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Not sure if it’s a foul. How we defend that is not OK. Then 3-2 and that doesn’t help against a team who are outstanding on the counter-attack.

“We couldn’t get back on track any more. You need to play like the first half for the full 95 minutes but you need momentum back.

“At 3-2 it was the opposite. They became more confident and scored great goals. One was deflected. That’s how it is. It’s a strange one. There’s a lot for me to take from this as well.

“We have five or six players and no challenge [for one of the goals]. That can’t happen. We were passive until the ball arrived there.

“The only way you can slow down the game a bit is to keep the ball. We started the second half losing the ball in strange moments. This space [for the third goal] that’s not possible but it happened. That’s why it’s 3-2. You have to keep the momentum and there we lost it and we didn’t get it back.

“We will go there and play a football game. It will be a massive challenge. But we have to play in the Premier League first and make sure we learn from this game.”

Liverpool have until March 15 to prepare for their trip to the Santiago Bernabeu, before facing Crystal Palace, Wolves, Manchester United, and Bournemouth.

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Liverpool forward Luis Diaz has assured fans he is hopeful of returning to action in the coming weeks.

The Colombian international hasn’t played competitively since October due to a knee injury, but manager Jurgen Klopp has allowed Diaz to resume light training on the grass.

Indeed, Sky Sports state that Diaz is scheduled to return for Liverpool next month, perhaps in time for the second leg of the Champions League last-16 tie with Real Madrid on March 15.

Speaking in English, Diaz provided a brief update to Liverpool fans.

“I hope to be back soon,” Diaz confirmed.

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Asked whether the trip to Madrid was his target, Diaz continued: “Let’s wait to see when I can come back to the pitch. If it’s the Bernabeu, it’ll be no worries.”

Diaz’s imminent return will come as exciting news to Liverpool forward Darwin Nunez, who recently described the winger as ‘fundamental’ to the Reds’ hopes of ending their current slump and battling back up the Premier League table.

“I saw what Darwin said,” Diaz explained. “Yes, it’s important to be back, but it’s not just me.

“The idea is to get back and help the team with all my teammates. I want to be back and have a good second half of the season.”

Liverpool are preparing to welcome another forward back into the fold as Portugal international Diogo Jota has returned to training. A calf injury has also cost Jota the last four months of his career but there is hope the 26-year-old will be playing again before the end of the month.

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Darwin Nunez has pointed to Luis Suarez’s initial struggles at Liverpool as a reason to be optimistic about his own future at Anfield.

Nunez made a high-profile transfer from Benfica to Merseyside in the summer, and despite some sloppy finishing, the Uruguayan has only scored ten goals in 25 games in all competitions.

While admitting to Sky Sports he doesn’t think he’s “playing well” right now, the 23-year-old referenced compatriot Suarez’s teething issues with the Reds before he grew to become one of the best players in the world, scoring 31 Premier League goals in the 2013/14 season before joining Barcelona.

He said: “It is a case of adapting. Adapting is important – and not only here at the club. Things have to be good on the football side, but also with your family, because if your family is OK, then you will always be OK. My family and I are good.

“Obviously, I still have many things to work on, for example my finishing. But I think the same thing is happening to me as happened to Suarez. In his second year, he tore it up.

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“Something similar happened to me already at Benfica. The first year went very badly for me and in the second, I exploded.

“Here, I think the same thing is happening. I hope next season will be like that. I’ll put my best forward and hopefully I’ll get a bit of luck.”

Nunez also disclosed that he has become close with Suarez as a result of their time spent together while serving as Uruguayan teammates, and he claims to receive tips from the current Gremio striker.

“Of course, it’s always helpful to speak with Suarez,” Nunez added.

“For me, he is an idol. He is a great example. In the national team, I now have a much better relationship with him.

“We are always talking and he is always giving me advice. I always try to keep in touch with him. I ask him a lot of things because he was at this club and he has a lot more experience than me. He is an important player to give me advice and explain things to me.”

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On his Chelsea debut, Mykhailo Mudryk set a new benchmark for Premier League pace merchants, becoming the fastest player in England so far this season.

The Ukrainian winger came in for the final 35 minutes of Saturday’s goalless draw with Liverpool and looked brilliant in his maiden appearance in English football.

According to Opta, the 22-year-old appeared to be incredibly fast, as he achieved a top speed of 22.76mph, beating Everton’s Anthony Gordon’s best speed of 22.74pmh.

Darwin Nunez (22.68mph), Manchester City’s Erling Haaland (22.50mph), and Chelsea midfielder Denis Zakaria round out the top five in Premier League pace this season (22.42).

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After being knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round by Manchester City, the Blues now have a week off before facing Fulham in the Premier League on the 3rd of February.

Following his £88 million transfer from Shakhtar Donetsk, Mudryk will aim to play a part right away in that match, although Chelsea manager Graham Potter acknowledges it may take him some time to adjust.

‘Mudryk hasn’t played since November so it would have been a risk to start him but he was very good coming on.

‘He’s only had two sessions with us and will get better the more he understands us and vice-versa. He can get supporters off their seats. His dribbling actions are high and knows where the goal is.

‘Our job is to help settling him into the country and the team. He and Joao Felix are top players. Coaches don’t magically turn them into good players, it’s just about helping them fine-tune.’

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