5 strangest goals ever scored in football

SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17:  Darren Bent of Sunderland (obscured) shot on goal deflects off of a balloon as Pepe Reina of Liverpool fails to save the Barclays Premier League match between Sunderland and  Liverpool at the Stadium of Light on October 17, 2009 in Sunderland, England.  (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Some goals on this list are just plain weird

#2 Jeroen Zoet’s own goal for PSV vs. Feyenoord

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The merits of extending the technological assistance available to referees continue to be debated but there are surely few who would argue against the use of goal-line technology. Apart, perhaps from PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper, Jeroen Zoet.

You see, were it not for goal-line technology, Zoet would probably have got away with his embarrassing and bizarre own goal that saw PSV fall to a 2-1 defeat away to fellow title contenders Feyenoord in February of this year.

Zoet had done the hard part, stopping Jan-Arie van der Heijden’s header on the line. But as he got up from his prone position, he pulled the ball back into his chest. A natural reflex perhaps, but one that resulted in him taking it over the line and thus conceding an 82nd-minute winner.

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