Arsenal Ladies Fooled by Fake Free Kick Fight

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Arsenal Ladies Fooled by Fake Free Kick Fight

Notts County pulled off a tricky goal against the Arsenal Ladies by pretending to argue over a free kick.

Notts County scored a great goal on a trick free kick in a 1-1 draw against Arsenal on Thursday. Ellen White was the beneficiary of some diversionary tactics from her teammates Laura Bassett and Alex Greenwood, who pretended to get into a fight just as Bassett appeared to start her kick. Greenwood moved off her spot and as the fake argument began, she touched the ball to her left, allowing White to split off and curl a shot in for a goal.

White later said they've worked on the set piece many times and she was just happy to pull it off because she had plenty of misfires in practice. She's also salty about it, though, because "now we can never do it again, which is a little annoying." Still, it's better to have loved and lost, etc.

h/t Business Insider

[BBC]