Laura Bassett’s own goal condemned England to a last-gasp 2-1 defeat to Japan in the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup.
But the defender's not alone. Here, we look at other examples of players putting through their own net in agonising circumstances...John Arne Riise
The Liverpool left back scored a dramatic injury-time own goal to hand Chelsea an equaliser in their Champions League semi-final clash at Anfield in 2008. The Reds had appeared on course to travel to Stamford Bridge for the second leg with a crucial 1-0 advantage, until the Norwegian stooped to head Salomon Kalou’s cross past Pepe Reina in front of a stunned Kop.
Riise gave only a brief response after the game, saying: "What can I say? I'm just so disappointed," while his brother Bjorn Helge later revealed: "I tried getting in contact with John Arne after the game. Eventually he sent me back a text saying: 'I don't want to speak. I'm so disappointed. Give me a call back in a couple of days and we'll speak then'."
Jamie Pollock - Manchester City v QPR
The penultimate game of the 1997/98 season was do or die for City, who needed victory to avoid being sucked into the third tier of English football for the first time. Pollock, a recent signing by the club, produced an effort to match the occasion - running back towards his own ‘keeper, skilfully flicking the ball over an opponent's head before craning his neck and heading farcically into the City net. The club were relegated while the rest of the country laughed.
The midfielder went on to recall of the comical moment: "That day, I had my biggest nightmare in the game. I ended up scoring what was one of the worst own goals of all time and it helped Rangers to a draw that they needed to lift themselves out of trouble. It was horrible. Have a look for it yourself if you can find it on YouTube. It's had almost three million hits!"
Delfi Geli - Liverpool v Alaves
Liverpool's UEFA Cup win over Spaniards Alaves in 2001 was a goal-fest, with the score tied at 4-4 in extra time. With energy levels sapped, neither side had it in them to produce the decisive 'golden goal' until left-back Geli stepped up in the 27th minute of injury time, nodding Gary McAllister's free kick past a despairing Martin Herrera.
Alaves manager Mane - full name Jose Manule Esnal - said of his side's cruel defeat: "We played with pride and class to get the score back to 4-4 at the end of normal time. The result of that, however, was that we were half dead going into extra time. But we're the same team as we were two hours ago. One side always has to lose a final, just as one wins."
Des Walker - Tottenham v Nottingham Forest
The 1991 FA Cup final might best be remembered for Paul Gascoigne's early exit but it was settled by Des Walker putting the ball into his own net for a 2-1 Spurs win. That Gary Mabbutt was on hand to pressure Walker into the mistake was fitting, with the defender having made a similar error in the 1987 final.
Spurs striker Paul Walsh remembered the incident, telling Sky Sports: “I headed the ball towards goal and it came back off the crossbar before getting cleared for a corner. When the corner came in it got flicked on and unfortunately for Des Walker he got caught between two minds and the ball flew into the top corner. That was pretty much it.”
Damien Duff - Newcastle v Aston Villa
Asked by then coach Alan Shearer to fill in at left back on the final, relegation-deciding game of the 2008/09 season, Duff had a nightmare. He got a deflection on Gareth Barry's 38th-minute strike and watched as it beat Steve Harper, resulting in a 1-0 defeat and the dreaded drop.
The former Republic of Ireland international said after the match: “You think: ‘why me?’ But I'm a big man, and I've been around for a while now, so I'm going to have to get over it. I'll be thinking about it for a long, long time, but what can you do? That's football. You can't dwell on disappointments in your career. You have to move on. We've had a lot of bad luck, but at times in a season, you do make your own luck.”