own goal in English
noun
1
(in soccer) a goal scored inadvertently when the ball is struck into the goal by a player on the defensive team.
To add insult to injury the final goal was an own goal by the Abbey centre half.
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1. If rugby ever had an own-goal masquerading as a laudable aim this is it.
2. Reading have just one shot on target all game - their second equaliser is a farcical own goal.
3. Despite the setback, United continued to press Arsenal; defender Martin Keown almost put the ball into his own goal from Ryan Giggs's corner.