Jota, very good Liverpool Diogo Jota, 3 seconds cut to goal after putting in against Nottingham. Liverpool Sets New Club Record

Jan 15, 2025

Time taken to the goal after ground replacement, just 3 seconds.

It was the second-best goal record for a substitute in the history of the English Premier League (EPL) and the shortest goal in Liverpool's history. The header goal of Portuguese Liverpool striker Diogo Jota (29) saved the team from defeat and became a record in the club's history.

It took only 3 seconds to get the goal after replacing the ground.

It was the second-best goal record for a substitute in the history of the English Premier League (EPL) and the shortest goal in Liverpool's history.

The header goal of Portuguese Liverpool striker Diogo Jota (29) saved the team from defeat and became a record in the club's history.

Jota was substituted in the 21st round of the EPL in the 2024-2025 season against Nottingham Forest at 5 a.m. on the 15th (Korea time) at Nottingham The City Ground in England, and scored a header equalizer in the second half of the game to draw a 1-1 draw. The draw allowed Liverpool to score 47 points (14 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss). Nottingham also scored one point against Liverpool, the top team in the league, to bring down Arsenal (40 points), who had played one less game, to become the league's sole second place.

Liverpool managed to get past the brink of defeat thanks to Jota. Nottingham's attack was fierce from the beginning. Nottingham scored the first goal in the eighth minute of the first half with enthusiastic support from home fans. Chris Wood, who received a pass from Antony Elanga, shook the net with a left-footed strong shot. It was Wood's 13th goal of the season.

Liverpool, which gave up the first goal in the early hours, started to hunt for an equalizer with Mohamed Salah and others. Several disappointing goals were missed. The first half ended up trailing 0-1.

Even in the second half, the goal was rarely scored. It created counterattack opportunities, but was repeatedly blocked by the iron wall defense of Nottingham center back Murillo and goalkeeper Mats Cells. Time went on. Manager Arne Slot eventually pulled out a replacement card in the 21st minute of the second half.

Time taken to the goal after ground replacement, just 3 seconds.

It was the second-best goal record for a substitute in the history of the English Premier League (EPL) and the shortest goal in Liverpool's history.

The flash-like header goal of Portuguese Liverpool striker Diogo Jota (29) saved the team from the brink of defeat and became a record in the club's history.

Without Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson, Jota and Konstantinos Tsimikas were added. The timing of the slot manager's replacement was amazing. The replacement duo made a long-awaited equalizer.

In a corner kick made just before the replacement, Chimikas stepped up as a kicker and hit the ball correctly in front of the goal like a spring and hit it with a header. Even Nottingham Sells Keeper, who had been blocking Liverpool's shot, could not be stopped. Liverpool finally scored the equalizer. In the end, the goal allowed Liverpool to finish in a draw. Both teams did not score any more goals.

However, Jota's header equalizer was scored quickly enough to remain in EPL history.

British media Sports Mall reported on the 15th that Jota tied the game with the shortest goal by a substitute in the club's history in an away game at the City Ground.

Jota's header equalizer came three seconds into the game on the official record. The game was temporarily suspended because a corner kick was declared at the time of the substitution. The playing time then passed again from the time Chimikas kicked a corner, and Jota's header goal later broke out. It was officially a goal that was scored three seconds into the substitution.

Time taken to the goal after ground replacement, just 3 seconds.

It was the second-best goal record for a substitute in the history of the English Premier League (EPL) and the shortest goal in Liverpool's history.

The flash-like header goal of Portuguese Liverpool striker Diogo Jota (29) saved the team from the brink of defeat and became a record in the club's history.

This was the shortest goal by a substitute in Liverpool's history.

Surprisingly, however, it is not the shortest goal record for an EPL replacement. According to Sports Mall, the shortest goal by an EPL replacement came in 1.8 seconds. In 2007, Arsenal's Nicklas Bentner scored a header in just 1.8 seconds from a corner in the North London derby against Tottenham Hotspur.

trying to shoot a header from a corner

The shortest-time EPL replacement goal was scored 1.8 seconds after Arsenal's Nicklas Bentner put in a white Hart Lane away match against Tottenham Hotspur in 2007. Bentner (2nd left) British Sports Mall Knight Captured

It also took Bentner just six seconds to reach the penalty area to take part in a corner set-piece on the touchline after a replacement. Jota took 22 seconds. Bentner and Jota's goals both came from corner kicks, so they could have come in less than five seconds.

However, there is a substitute who scored in less than 10 seconds on open play, not in a corner kick situation. Newcastle United's Sammy Amoebi was replaced in the 2014 match against Tottenham in White Hart Lane and scored just eight seconds later. It can be seen as a record that is rarely updated.

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Meanwhile, Jota also achieved another record.

As he scored his 10th header goal since joining Liverpool in the 2020-2021 season with the header equalizer, he became one of three players who scored more than 10 goals each in three parts of the body (head, left foot and right foot) in the EPL over the past five seasons. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) and Elling Holan (Manchester City) set double-digit goals in each of the three parts of their bodies in the five seasons before Jota.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.