Roma Vs. Liverpool: James Milner Scores Bizarre Own Goal In Champions League
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.
What do you think? Leave a comment.— 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.
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