Empire of the Kop
·21 February 2022
John Arne Riise celebrates the 2007 Barcelona victory anniversary when he scored his only right footed goal

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·21 February 2022
John Arne Riise was part of a Liverpool team that completed a memorable 2-1 victory at the Nou Camp in 2007.
Prior to the match, both the Norwegian and Craig Bellamy had been involved in an off-field fight which featured a karaoke bar and a golf club.
Rather than diving the team, the two men that were involved ended up in the starting line-up and on the score sheet – with our former left-back reminiscing on his Instagram page.
The 41-year-old said: ‘On this day in 2007 we beat Barca at the mighty Camp Nou⚽️ My only goal with the right foot in my career 🙈😅 Memories 🔥’.
He was famed for his rocket of a left foot but the man known as Ginge provided a memorable right-footed moment, after the Welshman teed him up to drive the ball home.
What a day for so many reasons, in a season where Rafa Benitez’s Reds reached their second European cup final in three years.
You can view Riise’s words and a video of the goal via his Instagram account: