EPL: ‘It’s the hand of God’

Goalkeeper Alisson Beckerrsquos dramatic 95thminute goal gave Liverpool a 21 victory at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday to maintain their bid to play in next seasonrsquos Champions LeagueTottenham were more comfortable 20 winners over Wolves to move into pole position for a place in the Europa League but Evertonrsquos hopes of European football were dealt a massive blow by Sheffield Unitedrsquos shock 10 victory at Goodison ParkAlissonrsquos perfectly executed header keeps Liverpoolrsquos topfour fate in their own hands despite sitting fifth in the table Jurgen Klopprsquos men trail fourthplaced Chelsea by one point and Leicester by three with two league games left to playTop 4 spot assuredBut with Leicester and Chelsea still to face off in a repeat of the FA Cup final which the Foxes won 10 on Saturday victories over Burnley and Crystal Palace will take Liverpool into the top four The alreadyrelegated Baggies took an early lead through Hal RobsonKanu before the inform Mohamed Salah equalised before halftimeLiverpool players hug their goalie Alisson Becker after his winner PicAFPBut Liverpool were still heading for a damaging draw when Alisson headed in from a corner in the fifth minute of stoppagetime The Brazilianrsquos father died in February when he drowned in a swimming accident Alisson could not even return home for the funeral at the time due to quarantine rules on foreign travel and was visibly emotional at fulltimelsquoWish my father was herersquoldquoI played since I remember as a human being with my father I wish he was here to see it but Irsquom sure that hersquos seeing with God on his side andcelebratingrdquo said AlissonldquoYou canrsquot explain a lot of things in life For me the only reason for those kind of things is God and he put his hand on my head today and Irsquom feeling really blessedrdquo he addedLiverpool were stunned when RobsonKanu put the hosts ahead in the 15th minute after he ran onto Matheus Pereirarsquos pass and found the bottom corner at The Hawthorns Liverpool levelled when Sadio Mane intercepted a loose pass to Kyle Bartley with the ball falling to Salah who hit a firsttime shot into the bottom left cornerTop three significant goals scored by goalkeepersRene HiguitaNacional vs River Plate Copa Libertadores semifinal 1st leg Aug 9 1995He scored the only goal of the match off a free kick that beat the wall and entered the goal He scored in the 2nd leg too converting the first kick in a shootoutJose Luis ChilavertParaguay vs Argentina World Cup qualifying Sept 1 1996A rasping low drive saw Paraguay hold Argentina to take secondplace in the South American World Cup group and earn a first qualification in 12 yearsJimmy GlassCarlisle v Plymouth English third division May 8 1999On the last day of the season with the scores level and his team needing a win to stay in the League he volleyed home off a corner in stoppage timeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever