Isak played 58 minutes before he was replaced by Hugo Ekitike and showed some bright moments.

“He did really well, held the ball up and linked play really well,” Van Dijk said. “He’s a very good player and we know there’s more to come from him.”

Liverpool boss Arne Slot said his team could have made it easier for themselves in beating Atletico Madrid but praised his side’s mentality in finding another late goal in their Champions League opener.

“If you want to beat a team like Atletico that has a great mentality you have to beat them using their weapons as well, and that is mentality. That’s what we showed today. But I think we should have made it easier for ourselves,” Slot said.

“In moments, we gave away something. It wasn’t a complete surprise to me that it was 2-1 at half time, because they were coming more. We need to find a better balance to not give away too much at the end of the first half.”

Liverpool’s run of late wins isn’t good for their supporters’ health, Andy Robertson joked, including that of Arne Slot’s assistant Sipke Hulshoff.

“We need to get back to winning a bit simpler and easier,” Robertson told TNT Sports. “The assistant manager turned to me when Virgil put it in and said he’s getting too old for it, so I can’t imagine what the fans are like.

“It’s a great thing to have, being able to keep going until the end. When you’re 2-0 up and playing so well in the first half it should’ve been a more comfortable night.”

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone has said he was “insulted” by a Liverpool supporter at Anfield, leading to his altercation at the end of his team’s defeat to the Reds.

Simeone was seen arguing with fans behind his dugout after Virgil van Dijk’s late winner and the fiery Argentine was pulled away as stewards stepped in.

“We are in a place where we don’t have a right to reply or react and it is never good when we react as managers,” Simeone said.

“When they scored the third goal, he turned round and insulted me. I am a person, I am human.”

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone had to be held back by stewards as he engaged in screaming match with a fan moments after Liverpool’s late winner in the Champions League.

Simeone was shown a red card for his reaction, with the TV cameras picking up a Liverpool supporter cheering in the Argentinian’s face as he was squared up to.

The altercation occurred in the midst of wild celebrations over yet another last-gasp goal from Arne Slot’s side, with captain Virgil van Dijk heading past Jan Oblak in the 92nd minute.

Injury time is still Arne time. On Arne Slot’s 47th birthday, Liverpool extended their extraordinary run of decisive late goals. The specialists in drama at the death conjured a victory they seemed to have tossed away. Virgil van Dijk planted a 92nd-minute header into the Atletico Madrid net.

Like Federico Chiesa and Rio Ngumoha, like Dominik Szoboszlai and Mohamed Salah before him, he got Liverpool a win from the jaws of a draw. In the Champions League as in the Premier League, they found a way to win.

It can’t go on, can it?

Liverpool 4-2 Bournemouth (88’, 94’)

Newcastle 1-2 Liverpool (100’)

Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal (85’)

Burnley 0-1 Liverpool (95’)

Liverpool 3-2 Atletico (92’)

Simeone was sent off for an apparent confrontation with a fan in the Main Stand, following Van Dijk’s winner.

“It should have been 3-1 and we concede the equaliser. It wasn’t great but we found a way again. We were dangerous on set-pieces.

“They are a team that never gives up. After the break we tried to go for 3-1 but we showed the resilience we have. It’s another great European night here.

“We’ve showed many times that we are capable of doing it.”

Van Dijk replies “no” when asked if there are any concerns defensively.

ABSOLUTE MADNESS BUT LIVERPOOL MAKE IT FIVE WINS FROM FIVE!

Van Dijk is the hero in front of the Kop after Llorente’s double looked to have denied them!