Liverpool avoided defeat against Newcastle United after being awarded a penalty in the closing moments, with Dominik Szoboszlai converting from the spot to score the club’s latest Premier League penalty for more than 15 years.
Szoboszlai’s strike came at 98 minutes and six seconds. It was the latest Liverpool goal scored from a penalty in the Premier League since April 2011, when Dirk Kuyt found the net even later in a match against Arsenal.
Kuyt’s penalty was scored at 101 minutes and 48 seconds, meaning Szoboszlai’s effort did not surpass Liverpool’s overall record for the latest penalty goal in the competition. However, it was the club’s latest such goal since Kuyt’s effort more than 15 years ago.
The penalty rescued Liverpool from what had looked set to be a defeat at Newcastle. The opportunity arrived at the very end of the match, giving Szoboszlai the chance to level the contest and preserve Liverpool’s result.
Liverpool’s next Premier League fixture will be at home against Nottingham Forest on 29 August. The club last won the English top-flight title in 2025.
Szoboszlai’s conversion therefore carried significance beyond the immediate outcome at Newcastle. It provided Liverpool with a late escape from defeat while also adding a new entry to the club’s Premier League penalty records.
The Hungarian midfielder’s goal came later in the match than any Liverpool penalty since Kuyt’s at Arsenal in 2011, although the two incidents remain separated by the different timings recorded for each goal. Kuyt scored at 101:48, while Szoboszlai’s goal was timed at 98:06.
Liverpool had been forced to rely on a decisive moment deep into stoppage time after struggling to secure a positive result against Newcastle. The late award gave them an opportunity to avoid leaving the match empty-handed, and Szoboszlai made no mistake from the spot.
Attention now turns to Liverpool’s next league assignment, when Nottingham Forest will visit their home ground on 29 August. That fixture will follow a match in which a penalty at the latest stage of the game both changed Liverpool’s immediate fortunes and marked the club’s most delayed Premier League penalty goal since 2011.
