James Milner is the king of UEFA Champions League assists, but surely this isn’t what he had in mind.
The Liverpool FC midfielder scored a comical own goal for AS Roma Wednesday in his team’s Champions League semifinal game. The Reds were leading 1-0 when defender Dejan Lovren booted his attempted clearance off Milner’s face into their own goal.
Not much Milner could've done on this one. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/3K2ZY8cXwe
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) May 2, 2018
Milner has set a Champions League record with nine assists this season. He won’t be credited with another after the own goal, but the internet is having a little fun with it anyway.
Pretty peeved it wasn’t Milner kicking the ball into Lovren’s head. For the assist.
— Ben McAleer (@BenMcAleer1) May 2, 2018
Milner leading in #UCL assists just trying to add some goals …🤔
— Aly Wagner (@alywagner) May 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/Naitology/status/991755065739370496
Milner’s goal represented a ray of hope for Roma, but Liverpool regained the lead just nine minutes later on Georginio Wijnaldum’s goal.
The Reds won the series 7-6 on aggregate goals.
