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PSA: Soccer And Power Lines Do Not Mix

What happens when you smash a clearance straight into some power lines? It’s a thought we’ve all had while playing on a rural pitch that has the conductors running along the sidelines. However, it’s a tantalizing question that few of us have ever acted upon — not even our resident scientist, who got his PhD in soccer science from Johnny Hopkins, knew the answer to this one.

Patrick Vieira’s OGC Nice Guilty Of Trying To Walk It In, Somehow Failing To Score On 1-On-0 Counter

After Patrick Vieira left Arsenal for Juventus in 2005, a common complaint about Arsene Wenger’s Gunners (at least on “The IT Crowd”) was that they always tried to walk it in. Now as a manager in France (after starting his head coaching career at NYCFC), Vieira’s club was criminally guilty of trying to walk it in during the Nice vs Toulouse Ligue 1 match on Friday.

This Goalie Makes An Awful Mistake — Oh Wait It’s Loris Karius Again

The Europa League always has plenty of amazing goals and delightful skills to marvel at. A second-rate competition behind the Champions League, it also has plenty of horrible play. On Thursday, we saw some of both, with the latter coming in the form of a shocking goalkeeping error. 

Watch: Stuttgart Player Literally Throws Ball In His Own Net

Well, that was embarrassing. 

Stuttgart edged 10-man Werder Bremen 2-1 for its first win of the season on Saturday, but Die Roten nearly threw the three points away — quite literally.

With Stuttgart nursing a 1-0 lead with a man advantage after Milos Veljkovic was sent off in the first half, Borna Sosa threw the ball into the back of his own net. From a throw in. From about 30 yards out. 

What?

Daniel Sturridge Follows Shocking Open-Net Miss With Remarkable Scissor-Kick Goal

What do you do when you commit one of the most shocking misses of your career?

Follow it up with one of the best goals of your career, of course.

Daniel Sturridge somehow missed a tap-in with an open net moments into the second half of Liverpool’s League Cup match with Chelsea. Less than 15 minutes later, he was celebrating a brilliant goal to put the Reds in front at Anfield.

But the Sturridge goal vs Chelsea was for naught, as the Blues rallied late for a 2-1 win.

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