This utterly ridiculous sport is so often decided by a few crazy minutes which constitute the game’s final act.

We endure the comparatively monotonous 90 minutes that make up normal time to enjoy the euphoria which could arrive during the epilogue of second-half stoppage time. It’s the period where ideological methodologies are thrown out of the window and nothing short of chaos ensues. For just a few minutes, football becomes primitive again.

There’s simply nothing more special than a last-gasp winner; the evolution of a disappointing draw into three big points or, on the rarer occasion, a snatching of victory from the jaws of defeat.

The Premier League may not be unique in terms of playing host to such last-minute drama, but these shores have produced some of the most memorable 90th-minute winners in the sport’s history.

Here are the ten teams with the most 90th-minute winning goals in Premier League history.

Tomas Soucek recently added to West Ham’s tally as he struck late at Goodison Park before Edson Alvarez put some gloss on the scoreline. The Czech midfielder is one of just three players to score multiple 90th-minute winners this season.

While a fair bunch arrived away from east London, manager David Moyes has overseen 21 stoppage-time victories in the Premier League – the joint-most ever alongside Arsene Wenger.

Leon Bailey’s strike against Crystal Palace was the fourth-latest in Premier League history and one of 17 90th-minute winners scored by Aston Villa.

The Villans endured a brief tenure in the second tier but have spent much of their recent history in the top flight. Last-gasp drama has come few and far between for Villa, who currently average less than one 90th-minute winner per season.

They’ve also conceded seven more at the death than they’ve scored. Eek.

It’s not a major surprise that City rank only eighth. They were absent from the top flight for a few years at the turn of the millennium, while their brilliance under Pep Guardiola means they’ve very rarely required magic at the death to sink their inferior opponents.

Nevertheless, City can safely say they were the scorers of the most notorious last-minute winner – perhaps of all time. Sergio Aguero’s strike against QPR handed the Cityzens their first Premier League title on the final day of the 2011/12 season.

Kevin Keegan’s Geordie entertainers were subject to Stan Collymore’s famous 92nd-minute goal which dented Newcastle’s title aspirations during the backend of the 1995/96 season.

Still, the Magpies have a positive goal difference in terms of 90th-minute winners.

Only Anfield and Goodison Park have staged more late drama than St James’ Park.

Everton have been ever-presents since the competition’s 1992 inauguration, although the Toffees have been equally proficient at surrendering 90th-minute goals as they have scoring them.

They’ve scored 24 and allowed 21.

Goodison Park is also home to the second-most stoppage-time winners in Premier League history with 24.

The six-time Premier League winners have provided the Stamford Bridge faithful with their fair share of dopamine spikes over the years.

Chelsea’s 27 winners at the death ranks fifth in the all-time Premier League standings.

Conor Gallagher has emerged as the club’s clutch hero in 2023/24.

The myth of Fergie Time, eh?

The well-established idea of time being added on merely so Sir Alex Ferguson’s United could score a late winner has proven somewhat illusory.

While Man Utd have recorded the fourth-most stoppage-time winners in Premier League history, 14 of those have arrived in the 11 years following Fergie’s retirement.

The Scotsman ranks fourth all-time among Premier League managers in terms of 90th-minute winners overseen, too.

No team has lost at the death more regularly than the ludicrous Lilywhites, who have also produced some late brilliance of their own.

In recent times, Spurs have produced some hoodoo magic at the death to turn contests on their head. There was the Steven Bergwijn stoppage-time brace to sink Leicester, Harry Kane’s winner at the Etihad and Dejan Kulusevski’s 100th-minute finish against Sheffield United – the sixth-latest goal in Premier League history – to name a few.

There’s nothing to separate the two north London rivals, although Arsenal don’t compare to Tottenham when it comes to 90th-minute concessions.

The Gunners, four-time Premier League winners, may have endured their banter era towards the end of the 2010s but Mikel Arteta has re-established the title hopefuls as mentality monsters once again.

For a club that thrives on emotion as much as Liverpool, it’s no surprise that they’re way out in front with 44 90th-minute winners.

Anfield has proven to be the home for last-gasp mayhem, with departing boss Jurgen Klopp overseeing 18 last-minute winning goals and counting during his nine-year tenure.

The Reds have scored three this term as they hope to bid the perfect farewell to their German manager.