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Portsmouth v Newcastle United

Back then, Harry Redknapp was the manager of Portsmouth and his team were facing Arsenal in a Premier League game. Obviously, Wenger’s men were looking to consolidate their position as the fourth best team in England – (some things never change, do they? Oh, actually they have now) – and Portsmouth were looking to put a hurdle in the way.

And they successfully managed to put a halt in Arsenal’s surge, but it wasn’t without a mishap. The man who scored the goal for the Pompey was a weirdly named Lomana Lua Lua. Despite not being among the tallest strikers, he managed to jump above the Arsenal defenders and head the ball past the goalkeeper.

However, what happened after that was a tragic comedy. Lua Lua tried a triple somersault, after earlier vowing to not do it until his team were safe from the relegation zone (which they weren’t), and hurt his ankle in the process.

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