The Apparent Reason For Minnesota United's Keeper's Howler Of An Own Goal Against Bournemouth

You may have seen the rather comical video of Minnesota United's goalkeeper, Sammy Ndjock, scoring the own goal to end all own goals.

The keeper went to do a routine throw to one of his defenders when the ball seemingly became stuck to his gloves before being released at completely the wrong moment and ending up in the back of the net.

Minnesota United have seemingly revealed the reason behind Sammy's blunder and, although I'm sure the makers of his gloves would love for it to be the supreme grip of their product, it's actually because of jam.

Yep, jam, or jelly, if you're American.

Last night, Minnesota United FC posted a YouTube clip with the hashtag #BlameItOnTheJelly and it shows their no.1 making a jam sandwich, before showing his 'jam' covered gloves.

The video was apparently shot before kick-off, but was posted after the game.

Coincidence? Or just simply covering their backs?

Either way, it doesn't stop being funny.

Words by Mark McGowan

Featured image credit: 101 Great Goals via YouTube

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.