It was the latest of late winners for Liverpool on Saturday.
As the seconds ticked away during their trip to Nottingham Forest, it seemed as if their Premier League title aspirations would take a hit at the City Ground with the game goalless heading into stoppage time.
However, in the 99th minute, Darwin Nunez's header would provide arecord-breaking moment of pure ecstasy for the travelling supporters. Liverpool had won it at the death, despite the spirited efforts of Nuno Espirito Santo's side.
But, as is so often the case in the age of social media frenzy, there was plenty of controversy that came with the Uruguayan's late effort. Nottingham Forest were left enraged with referee Paul Tierney, with players and staff alike surrounding the official come the full-time whistle.
So, what was so controversial about Nunez's winner, and why was it allowed to stand?
The controversy surroundingLiverpool's late winner is two-fold.
Firstly, Nunez's strike came in the ninth minute of stoppage time, despite the fact that only eight minutes of stoppage time had been awarded. However, that's a minimum of eight minutes to be played, not a maximum.
Therefore, the referee can let the play go beyond the eight minutes should there be further delays to proceedings, which there were in the form of two Forest players receiving bookings for time wasting.
Secondly, there was an incident in the Liverpool penalty area approximately two minutes before the goal following a Forest corner. Ibrahima Konate suffered a head injury and play was halted despite the hosts being in possession of the ball outside the penalty area. The play then resumed, with the ball being returned to Liverpool instead of Forest.
However, according to IFAB law 8.2, the ball should
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