Blackburn goalkeeper Ainsley Pearce suffered a strange own goal on Sunday afternoon as his side lost 3-1 at home to Sheffield Wednesday.
In the 63rd minute at Ewood Park, Blackburn defender Dominic Haim played a easy pass backwards to Pearce, who must have easily been in a position to punt the ball excessive with little fuss.
Instead, the 25-year-old ‘keeper misjudged his kick as he tried to clear the ball outside the box. Pear lost his contact and the ball bounced off the skin of his boot and away from him and towards goal.
He used his hands to attempt to avoid clearing the ball from goal, however the spin his slice placed on the ball took it over the road and gave The Owls a 3-1 lead.
Josh Windass’ early goal had given Wednesday the lead, before the Championship’s top goalscorer, Sammy Zmodekes, equalized for the house side.
Marvin Johnson then put Wednesday ahead in the 58th minute five minutes before Pearce’s crucial error. The game ended with the identical scoreline, and Wednesday moved out of the relegation zone and finished twenty first in the Championship.
The game ended with the identical scoreline, and Wednesday moved out of the relegation zone to twenty first in the Championship. Their status is much from secure though, as they sit only one point above the relegation zone, with West Brom and Sunderland their last two fixtures.
A win at Blackburn would have kept the house side secure from relegation, but Rovers at the moment are nineteenth in the league on 49 points, with two games to play against FA Cup overachievers Coventry and league leaders Leicester.
Rotherham are already relegated, with Huddersfield and Birmingham City occupying the opposite two relegation spots on 44 and 46 points respectively.
The top of the league is similarly tight, with Leicester leading on 91 points and Ipswich currently sitting in the second automatic promotion spot on 89 points.
Leeds are third on 87 points, while automatic promotion is out of the query for Southampton after losing to Cardiff City.
Credit : www.independent.co.uk