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The Best Late Goals in Football

Scoring a late goal is undoubtedly one of the most thrilling parts of football – unless you happen to be on the receiving end!

The sport’s history is littered with late goals that have helped teams win trophies, clinch promotion, avoid relegation or get one over their closest rivals.

As none of the Sportslens team can remember much further back than the 1970s, we take a look at some of the best late goals of the past five decades.

Michael Thomas vs Arsenal (1989)

Arsenal travelled to Liverpool on the final day of the 1988/89 season needing to win by two clear goals to pip the Merseyside outfit to the title.