It has often been said in the past that a sign of a good team is
that they do not know when they are beaten. By the form shown below
Arsenal are the greatest at not accepting defeat and battling on to
claim maximum points.
Their most recent late goals arrived in their 3-1 victory over Hull
City. Daniel Cousin cancelled out Emmanuel Adebayor's opener, but
Samir Nasri and Nicklas Bendtner struck in the 82nd and 86th
minutes, respectively, to wrap up the win.
Chelsea were once considered the masters of the never-say-die,
win-at-all-costs, score at the game's death to nick the win
mentality, but are lagging this season in 17th spot. They have
scored only four late goals out of 42 scored in the league.
Liverpool started the current campaign with two wins over
Sunderland and Middlesbrough, but all three of their goals were
scored in the final ten minutes.
On October 5 it appeared Manchester City were about to see out a
2-2 draw with Liverpool but then up stepped Dirk Kuyt to steal all
three points in the third minute of extra time!
Since then though the late goals have dried up a tad, and they got
a taste of their own medicine on Monday evening when Tim Cahill
broke Red hearts by levelling the score and ensuring Everton left
Anfield with a point. It was the Toffees' ninth late goal of the
season.
Interestingly, local rivals Manchester City and Manchester United
are tied on eight late goals each, but City's total goals is
grander than their neighbours'.
TEAM
Total Goals
Goals In Last 10 Mins
Arsenal
37
11
Everton
30
9
Aston Villa
37
8
Blackburn Rovers
25
8
Liverpool
36
8
Manchester City
39
8
Manchester United
34
8
Hull City
29
7
Newcastle United
28
7
Sunderland
23
7
Tottenham Hotspur
21
7
Middlesbrough
18
6
Stoke City
19
5
West Bromwich Albion
20
5
Wigan Athletic
25
5
Bolton Wanderers
22
4
Chelsea
42
4
West Ham United
29
4
Portsmouth
22
3
Fulham
19
2