Saturday was an eventful day in the best way for Liverpool Football Club as they were able to secure a huge win against Brentford while a direct rival, Arsenal, was held to a draw by Aston Villa.
The focus of this piece will be on the potentially significant late victory the Reds snatched at in stoppage time to get the winning feeling once again in a Premier League match.
I'm here with the two biggest takeaways we can decipher from this heart stopping win over Brentford and what they could mean for Liverpool going forward. Let's take a look at the top takeaways in the win.
Liverpool show champions mettle
Brentford away is always a tricky fixture, no matter what kind of form you are in and Liverpool came into this game in a bit of a patchy few weeks.
There were long periods in the match on Saturday where it looked like we would be frustrated once again as the hosts were battling and showing no signs of lessening the resistance on the day.
However, what we saw from Arne Slot's men during the final portions of the match should fill a lot of people with great optimism. The Reds kept surging forward, but in a controlled and expectant manner. Probing and seeking out little gaps to exploit within the defense until they finally found one at the death.
This was the composure we've become accustomed to under Slot, as it appears the players just believe they will find a result at some point if they search hard enough.
This was the case once again and it could be a huge three points captured from nothing late on.
Darwin gets his moment
it has been a rough season for Darwin Nunez as he has struggled to consistently find the net, which he has somewhat done in his first two seasons at Anfield.
Coming into Saturday's action, Nunez had only scored two Premier League goals in 2024/25. He equaled that number in stoppage time at Gtech Community Stadium.
His work-rate and positioning are something that we can never question, it's just the final decision or finish that has left so many frustrated. However, he was calm and precise on Saturday as he redirected a Trent Alexander-Arnold driven pass into the net before later latching onto a delightful Harvey Elliott ball and finishing with aplomb.
This heroic performance was enough to silence his naysayers for at least a few days, but the ideal moment must now be him kicking on from here.
He's shown before, and now again, he can score bigtime goals for this club and he must keep pushing to show it wasn't an aberration.