Darwin Nunez headed within the winner within the 99th minute as injury-hit Liverpool moved 4 factors clear on the high of the Premier League with a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest, whereas Tottenham got here from behind late on to defeat Crystal Palace on Saturday defeat.
Liverpool's sources have been stretched to their limits in latest weeks by a sequence of accidents as they try to finish a quadruple in Jurgen Klopp's ultimate season.
The Reds had been as soon as once more with no host of star names, together with Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker and Diogo Jota.
However there was some gentle on the finish of the tunnel when Nunez and Dominik Szoboszlai returned as second-half substitutes.
The Uruguayan made the telling impression with just about the final contact of the match as Nunez rose highest to faucet in Alexis Mac Allister's cross.
The win strikes Klopp's males away from Manchester Metropolis, who play Manchester United on Sunday, and 5 factors away from Arsenal earlier than they journey to Sheffield United on Monday.
The defeat leaves Forest simply 4 factors above the relegation zone and the specter of a factors deduction for breaches of economic guidelines continues to hold over the membership.
Son strikes for Spurs
Tottenham have made a behavior of preventing again late at residence below Ange Postecoglou and wanted one other to inflict Oliver Glasner's first defeat as Palace boss with a 3-1 win.
Eberechi Eze's gorgeous free kick gave the Eagles a shock lead after simply an hour.
Timo Werner's first Spurs objective put the end within the stands when he tapped residence Brennan Johnson's low cross.
Cristian Romero then headed Tottenham into the lead earlier than Son Heung-min sprinted clear to seal the three factors.
The win strikes Spurs to inside two factors of fourth-placed Aston Villa, who will play Luton later.
Brentford got here from behind to pile extra stress on under-fire Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino in a 2-2 draw.
Nicolas Jackson's towering header gave the Blues an early lead.
However Brentford at the moment are 5 video games unbeaten towards their richer west London rivals.
Mads Roerslev leveled early within the second half earlier than Yoane Wissa's gorgeous bicycle kick put the Bees forward.
An Axel Disasi header saved Chelsea's fortunes to salvage some extent, however they continue to be within the backside half of the desk.
Newcastle saved their quest for Europe alive with their first residence win in nearly three months, shifting as much as eighth place.
The Magpies defeated Wolves 3-0 to go away their opponents behind within the desk because of objectives from Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon and Tino Livramento.
Brighton will transfer additional away from the battle for Europe subsequent season after the Seagulls misplaced 3-0 at Fulham.
Harry Wilson, Rodrigo Muniz and Adama Traore struck for the Cottagers to increase Brighton's parched run to a few wins in twelve league video games.
Everton stay locked in a relegation battle regardless of their 10-point deduction being lowered to 6 this week.
Beto missed a penalty within the first half earlier than placing the Toffees forward towards West Ham.
However the Hammers got here again to win 3-1 because of objectives from Kurt Zouma, Tomas Soucek and Edson Alvarez.
David Moyes' males rise to seventh place, simply two factors off the highest six.