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Alexis Mac Allister has highlighted a key thing Liverpool’s leaders do in order to keep the team pushing until the very end. Darwin Nunez‘s late winner against Nott’m Forest was Liverpool’s 18th injury-time winner in the Premier League with Jurgen Klopp in charge – that’s more than any other team in the division during that period, say Opta. The common denominator here is Klopp, but the German can’t be on the pitch and everywhere all at once. One of the factors that has contributed to Liverpool’s success has been his ability to pick out leaders . It is now those leaders who are pushing Liverpool on to multiple late winning goals. Mac Allister, who signed last summer, has described one key way the leaders do this. After the match, he told BBC Sport: “We were always positive. Our leaders were keeping the team very positive. We’re a good group, nice players on and off the pitch.” Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com, he late...

Pep Guardiola was a bit of a nuisance as a Barcelona ball boy. Never needing two invitations to sneak onto the pitch at the final whistle, Guardiola harangued Michel Platini and Gary Lineker for autographs - without success - and was captured on film almost ripping Victor Munoz's shirt off his torso after the 1986 European Cup semi-finals. Micah Hamilton was far more obedient in the same capacity for Manchester City. As a baby-faced teenager, Hamilton dutifully received instructions as a ball boy from Guardiola on the touchline. Six short years later, Hamilton had crossed the white line, marking his debut for Guardiola's City with a goal in the Champions League against Red Star. Here's a look at Hamilton's upward trajectory. Derby decision Micah Hamilton had to choose between the red and blue half of Manchester as a kid / Joan Cros - Corbis/GettyImages Hamilton has been part of City's revered academy system since joining the under-nines. Yet, the fleet-footed winger...

The two-time Champions League -winning manager Sir Alex Ferguson was obsessed with the benefits of youthful exuberance. "For young players nothing is impossible," the legendary Manchester United boss gushed. However, there was always a place for an experienced professional in his teams. While the youth "will try and run through a barbed-wire fence," Ferguson said, "older players will try to find the gate". To still be able to find the net, let alone a gate, at the elite European level long after your peak years, is a truly remarkable feat even Ferguson would appreciate. Oldest goalscorers in Champions League history 10. Paolo Maldini Paolo Maldini seemed to get better with time / Etsuo Hara/GettyImages Age : 36 years and 333 days Match : Milan 3-3 Liverpool (25/05/2005) "I played eight Champions League finals," Paolo Maldini reflected years after the showpiece against Liverpool in 2005, "but people only remember that one." Most do not...