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Leicester Defender Timothy Castagne Comes Dangerously Close To Scoring Bizarre Own Goal

Timothy Castagne nearly scored one of the most outrageous own goals in Premier League history during Leicester City's game against Tottenham Hotspur.

Robert Summerscales

Leicester Defender Timothy Castagne Comes Dangerously Close To Scoring Bizarre Own Goal
Leicester Defender Timothy Castagne Comes Dangerously Close To Scoring Bizarre Own Goal /

Leicester defender Timothy Castagne nearly scored one of the most outrageous own goals in Premier League history on Saturday.

Castagne's lucky escape came in the 33rd minute of Leicester's home game against Tottenham.

The Belgium international intercepted an attempted through pass from Harry Kane before Leicester keeper Danny Ward came charging out of his goal.

Ward looked poised to take the ball off Castagne but the defender, running towards his own goal, dribbled around the keeper.

Castagne then lost his balance, which caused him to kick the ball towards an open goal.

But luckily for Leicester, his miskick landed just wide and resulted only in a Spurs corner, rather than a goal.

Leicester were leading 2-1 at this point and they went on to win 4-1.

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Timothy Castagne (left) and Ivan Perisic pictured during the Premier League game between Leicester and Tottenham in February 2023
Timothy Castagne (left) and Ivan Perisic pictured during Saturday's Premier League game between Leicester and Tottenham :: IMAGO/News Images/Gareth Evans
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Robert Summerscales
ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.