own goal


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(soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending

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But Jonathan Ikone grabbed a leveller for the French, who brought Hoops midfielder Olivier Ntcham off the bench, before an own goal from Crystal Palace's Aaron Wan-Bissaka won it.
After all, Boris is being prosecuted for an alleged own goal and as the remainers argue that they want a replay then surely it should be no different in football than it is in politics?
In the Premier Cup Group B Belton needing a win by four clear goals just missed out on a semi-final place as they beat Kegworth Imperial 3-0, Joe Wesley (2) and an own goal for Belton.
But while Boro did not manage a single shot on target yesterday, they luckily levelled six minutes from time through Jayden Bogle's comical own goal. In-form County played some scintillating stuff here, especially in the first half an hour when they enjoyed 80% of possession.
Sade Benjamin pen, Sophie Haywood, Trisha Hartley and an own goal made up the seven, Molly Watkinson converting a penalty for the spirited visitors.
Ten minutes into the second half, Barca's lead was doubled by another own goal. Samuel Umtiti appeared certain to tap in from three yards only for the ball to run between his legs and hit Manolas, who was lying on the ground.
Roma had managed the game well until De Rossi's own goal and Dzeko could have won an early penalty when he was pushed over by Nelson Semedo and winger Diego Perotti failed to hit the target from a free header at the start of the second half.
At the own goal Scott played it back to Gary Woods thinking he was in his goal.
Bahrain's Mahdi Abdul al Jabar's own goal off a corner kick floated in by Oman's Mohsin Jawhar in the 29th minute turned out to be the only goal of the semifinal.
It is one of the ironies of football that sometimes a team's destiny is made or marred by an own goal. And at the Jaber Al Ahmed International Stadium in Kuwait City, it was Oman who benefited from an own goal by Bahrain's Mahdi Abduljabbar.
Despite being just 10 games in, the Heed have already benefited from four opposition players putting through their own goal.
But his star took a battering when he scored an own goal against Wigan, and followed it up with two more and a red card in the clash with Cardiff.
Looking back across the decades, the name Glenn Keeley will be recalled by older Mags for a real howler of an own goal in the Tees-Tyne derby on January 31, 1976, which effectively deprived the Toon of a 3-2 win at Ayresome Park.