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The Run of Play found this 4/23/2008 on blogs.reuters.com [flag]
John Arne Riise’s astonishing own goal seems to have given Chelsea the edge in the first Champions League semi-final. Liverpool’s Norwegian defender bent down to spectacularly head in deep into injury time and leave the scores at 1-1 ahead of the second leg at Stamford Bridge. Has their ever been a more important own goal ? Liverpool were the better side on the night and ... [link]

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The Best of the Worst Own Goals
Published 4/23/2008 by Brian at The Run of Play
... , with Mark at Reuters even wondering whether it might be the most important own goal ever. This got me thinking: what are the most important own goals of all time, and why am I not spending three hours putting together a special guide to the subject? ...

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