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John Arne Riise's potentially disastrous own goal for Liverpool against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League saw the Norwegian join a line of hapless players to have put through their own net. Skysports.com looks at ten classic own goals from down the years:

DES WALKER

Nottingham Forest defender Des Walker scored the winning goal in the 1991 FA Cup final at Wembley - for Tottenham. Locked at 1-1 after normal time, the England centre-back won Terry Venables' side the trophy with a diving header straight into his own goal.

TOMMY HUTCHISON

The Scottish international had given his Manchester City side the lead in the 1981 FA Cup final with Tottenham with a spectacular diving header but then levelled matters when he deflected Glenn Hoddle's free-kick into his own net. The game ended 1-1 and Spurs went on to lift the trophy following their replay win.

PETER ENCKELMAN

In the first Birmingham derby since the Blues won promotion to the Premier League in 2002, Aston Villa goalkeeper Peter Enckelman carved his name into Brummie folklore with a howler of epic proportions. With City winning 1-0, captain Olof Mellberg harmlessly chucked Enckelman the ball from a throw-in. The young stopper mis-judged the slowly-rolling ball, which ran past his foot and into the net. Had the referee David Elleray known he had not touched the ball, the goal would not have stood. But Enckelman's head-in-hands reaction convinced the man in black he must have made contact, and the goal stood. Birmingham won 3-0.

LEE DIXON

Full-back Lee Dixon made a mockery of Arsenal's famously tight defence in the early 1990s when he lobbed team-mate David Seaman from distance to send opponents Coventry on their way to victory against George Graham's side.

SANDY BROWN

Another culprit of over-enthusiastic defensive heading was Sandy Brown, whose full-length diving header endeared him to Liverpool supporters in the Merseyside derby in December 1969, even though he was representing the blue half.

IAIN DOWIE

Iain Dowie ended a worrying goal drought during his time at West Ham with a perfectly-executed header past Ludek Miklosko which even his own fans must have been tempted to applaud. Dowie's equaliser for Stockport helped them on their way to a 2-1 win in 1996.

ANDRES ESCOBAR

Own goals became decidedly less comical in the 1994 World Cup when one resulted in murder. Columbia defender Andres Escobar deflected a cross into his own net to help the USA to a 2-1 victory, ensuring an early exit for the South Americans. Ten days later, outside a nightclub in Medellin, Escobar was gunned down and killed.

DJIMI TRAORE

Rafael Benitez's first FA Cup tie as Liverpool boss ended in humiliating defeat at Burnley in 2005 after French defender Traore performed a perfect pirouette in the six-yard box, comically dragging the ball into his own net with his heel as he twirled to hand victory to the Coca-Cola Championship club.

JAMIE POLLOCK

An own goal that would have been one of the goals of the season had it been scored at the other end. Playing against QPR in 1998, Manchester City defender Pollock flicked the ball over an opponent's head before trying to head the ball back to his goalkeeper, who was in no man's land and could only watch as the ball sailed into the net.

CHRIS BRASS

Probably the funniest own goal ever scored came from Bury's Chris Brass, whose attempted clearance against Darlington in 2006 hit his own face and careered into the net. To add injury to insult, Brass suffered a broken nose in the process. However, Bury did come back to win late on.

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