Clinton Morrison rubbishes ‘lucky’ Liverpool narrative after late winner

Clinton Morrison is having not one of the nonsense from some quarters that Liverpool have been ‘fortunate’ this season.

For the fifth match in succession, the Reds scored within the 83rd minute or later to grab victory from the jaws of a irritating draw, with Virgil van Dijk’s stoppage-time header making certain a dramatic 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid tonight.

Paul Merson bitterly declared that Arne Slot’s aspect have been ‘gifted’ six of their 12 factors within the Premier League this time period and ‘needs to be mid-table’ given their degree of performances, however the easy truth is that the Merseysiders preserve profitable!

Morrison insists Liverpool’s outcomes aren’t right down to luck

Morrison lined the Liverpool-Atletico recreation for Sky Sports activities‘ Soccer Particular, and somewhat than dismissing the Reds as lucky due to their propensity for late winners, he attributed that to a unprecedented resilience from the gamers.

The ex-Crystal Palace striker stated: “Everybody retains saying Liverpool go away it late, however it might probably’t be fortunate the variety of instances they’ve accomplished it already this season.

“They preserve going, they’ve bought that need to maintain going proper till the tip. They’ve bought massive gamers and large characters. Credit score to Liverpool, they’d’ve been disenchanted had they not gained. They had been snug at 2-0 up.”

Morrison’s verdict is a breath of recent air

Lastly, an goal pundit who isn’t peddling the nonsensical ‘dumb luck’ narrative!

Liverpool’s Premier League performances mightn’t have been spellbinding up to now, however they had been deserving winners in every of their 4 video games, even when it required a daft Hannibal Mejbri handball to immediate the penalty from which Mo Salah scored deep into stoppage time.

Tonight they gave their greatest 90-minute show of the marketing campaign so far, and though they had been careless in letting a two-goal lead slip for the third time in 5 weeks, on stability they had been good worth for the three factors that Van Dijk’s header secured.

As per Sofascore, the Reds had twice as many photographs as Atletico (20-10) and dominated the xG depend (2.6 to 0.61), and Marcos Llorente’s first purpose shouldn’t have stood as Antoine Griezmann was offside and appeared to be impeding Alisson Becker’s view of the strike.

Possibly Liverpool have had some fortune within the early weeks of the season (e.g. Hannibal’s handball), however as Morrison says, the ordinary plundering of late winners is right down to much more than simply pure luck.

This workforce is the dwelling embodiment of the message on Salah’s T-shirt on the evening of the epic 4-0 in opposition to Barcelona in 2019 – By no means Give Up!