"Alexander Isak's Liverpool debut. Florian Wirtz's best performance so far for the Reds. But it was Virgil van Dijk who proved the last action hero for Arne Slot's Liverpool as they continued their run of scoring a winner in every game this season after the 80th minute. This time, like it did at Burnley and before that at Newcastle, it arrived in stoppage time as Van Dijk outmuscled Atletico Madrid defender Robin Le Normand to power home a trademark header in front of the Kop."
"Slot will take the positive from it as his new-look side gather their bearings, last week quoting Michael Jordan's the harder we work, the luckier we get.' You may like Liverpool left it late once more against Atletico Madrid but the goal felt inevitable (Image credit: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images) But Liverpool's craft for late goals isn't down to luck and to claim as much would be doing them a disservice."
"It's about their constant ability to mentally and physically beat their opponents into submission. My idea was to build Liverpool up, and up, and up. Until eventually, everyone would have to submit, and give in, declared Bill Shankly. Rio Ngumoha struck late against Newcastle United (Image credit: Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images) Liverpool's habit of late goals means opponents are mentally defeated before a ball is kicked."
Liverpool beat Atletico Madrid when Virgil van Dijk headed a stoppage-time winner, continuing a sequence of goals after the 80th minute that decided each opening match this season. Alexander Isak made his Liverpool debut while Florian Wirtz produced his best performance to date for the Reds. Arne Slot's side have found late scoring resilience and physical and mental superiority that wears opponents down. Slot cited Michael Jordan's 'the harder we work, the luckier we get.' Bill Shankly's philosophy of building pressure until rivals submit was invoked, and the match exemplified the Champions League format delivering high-quality early group games.
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