Wout Faes

2022 - 12 - 31

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Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City: Wout Faes scores two own goals as ... (Eurosport.com)

Two own goals from Wout Faes helped Liverpool come from behind to beat Leicester City 2-1 at Anfield on Friday night.

Nunez is through on goal and dinks the ball over Ward but is denied by the post, only for it to bounce back towards the chasing-back Faes who looks to clear the ball over the bar, but can only steer it into the roof of his own net. Alexander-Arnold delivers a low cross in a dangerous area, but there is absolutely no danger in the box as Ward prepares to collect, but Faes takes a swipe at the ball at the near post and it flicks behind him and over the head of Ward. The ball falls to Nunez who returns the ball to Salah and the Egyptian makes no mistake with the finish, but he had drifted offside. The first was poor defending, there was a clear call from his goalkeeper to let the ball trickle into his hands, but Faes completely ignored him and went to clear a harmless ball, before it spun off his boot and into Ward’s net in comical fashion. Nunez slipped Salah through with a great defence-splitting ball, but with only Ward to beat, he got the execution all wrong. Faes had other ideas, though, and chose to ignore loud calls from his goalkeeper to leave the ball, took a swipe at it, and could only watch on agonisingly as the ball spun off his boot, over the head of Ward, and bounced across the line at the back post.

Wout Faes endured a nightmare at Anfield but his errors point to a ... (The Athletic)

Wout Faes claimed the unwanted headlines at Anfield but perhaps the focus should really be on the role of keeper Danny Ward.

And there was an incident in the second half at Anfield too, when [Daniel Amartey](https://theathletic.com/football/player/daniel-amartey-R0UFnJbyuxk0gnLn/) decided to intercept a high ball Ward had called for. I was no more disappointed than anyone else in the team to let one in. There was not a blame culture in the clubs I was at. He is ranked fourth on the all-time Premier League list for own goals scored, with six, although just three came in his six years with the club. Faes is racing back towards his own goal at full throttle as Nunez’s shot cannons back off the post. But this wasn’t the first time a defender in front of Ward has decided to intervene rather than heed the call. “He goes with the wrong foot, that’s the biggest problem for me. The first was unlucky and even more unlucky with the second one, because if you have played football and you go full speed in the direction of the goal your brain tells you the ball is going in and then it hits the post and you can’t react.” [‘What’s it like to score an own goal?’” he told The Athletic last year](https://theathletic.com/2386684/2021/05/20/what-it-feels-like-to-score-an-own-goal/). “It’s just a decision you have to make as a defender,” he said. Faes couldn’t believe it, his Leicester team-mates and the celebrating Liverpool players couldn’t either, nor could anyone else in the ground. Here, Ward can be heard calling as the ball comes into the box.

Wout Faes can recover from double own-goal horror, insists Rodgers (The Guardian)

Brendan Rodgers said Wout Faes had the character to recover from scoring two own goals in Leicester's 2-1 defeat at Liverpool.

Credit to Leicester, it is no coincidence they have a decent away record, but we had massive chances to finish the game off and didn’t use them. There was no real trouble coming in, the ball is coming into Danny’s hands, but as a defender you have to make those decisions. Tonight he was just unfortunate but I thought he responded brilliantly in the second half.”

Leicester City's Wout Faes has a day he'd like to forget against ... (SB Nation)

Faes scored not one, but two, own goals against Liverpool.

Leicester City’s loss keeps them in the bottom third, just four points clear of the drop zone. Then, just minutes later, Faes raced back to try and help as his keeper was forced to come off the line. In the span of just seven minutes, Faes scored not one, but two, own goals, turning a 1-0 Leicester City lead into a 2-1 deficit to Liverpool. His contract is for a five-year deal. The center-back made a name for himself as the captain of one of Belgium’s youth national teams, helping the U17 win a bronze medal at the 2015 UEFA U-17 World Cup. He was Reims’ Player of the Year a season ago.

Wout Faes has 'absolute nightmare' with TWO own goals against ... (talkSPORT.com)

Leicester defender Wout Faes had a night to forget at Anfield as he scored TWO own goals to gift Liverpool a 2-1 win.Things had started so well for th.

“The first one was absolutely unlucky. “But since he has been with us he has been absolutely brilliant. “Of course I feel sympathy, there is space for that but whatever I say now will not change that. He has shown the level he can get to. “There is no real trouble, the ball is coming into Danny’s hands but as a defender you make those decisions. if you know that the goal is just behind you, take your time, be patient, clear your lines and then think about where the ball is after that.

Wout Faes Is Not The First Premier League Player To Score Two ... (Sports Illustrated)

Leicester City defender Wout Faes scored two own goals at Liverpool. But Faes was not the first Premier League player to score two own goals in one game.

Faes was not even the first player to score two own goals in the first half of an EPL game at Anfield. [Watch Wout Faes Score TWO Own Goals For Liverpool In Seven Minutes](https://www.si.com/fannation/soccer/futbol/video/watch-wout-faes-score-2-own-goals-for-liverpool-in-7-minutes) Wout Faes Is Not The First Premier League Player To Score Two Own Goals In One Game

Premier League: Wout Faes in double own-goal disaster as ... (Sportstar)

Leicester City's Belgian defender Wout Faes inadvertently boosted Liverpool's hopes of making the Champions League by scoring two own-goals in his team's ...

We won, which is positive, but there are plenty of things we have to improve on.” “We tried to get in the game but we weren’t good enough and we know that. “He has come back a little rusty having not played in a long time having got no minutes with Belgium at the World Cup,” said Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers of the unfortunate Faes.