Virgil van Dijk sends Darwin Nunez message after Liverpool captain refused to accept result at Nottingham Forest

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.

And Liverpool have this season been underlining just why they remain in the hunt for an unprecedented quadruple and a glorious farewell to the Jurgen Klopp era.

The quality evident last weekend when going the extra yard to win the League Cup in dramatic late fashion as Chelsea played for a penalty shoot-out was again on display during a frantic ending at Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

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Darwin Nunez's winner, arriving at 98 minutes and 35 seconds, was the latest decider Liverpool had ever scored in a Premier League match and 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 in December.

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 in October 2015, a never-say-die spirit deeply ingrained within a squad that is once again realising the oft-quoted tag from their manager of being mentality monsters.

Indeed, 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.

“No, no, no, the game