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Porto 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Is Martim Fernandes' own goal the worst of all-time?

Martim Fernandes' (right) first half own goal for Porto helped gift Nottingham Forest a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final tie Porto defender Martim Fernandes made the headlines for all the wrong reasons during Thursday's Europa League quarter-final draw with Nottingham Forest by scoring a bizarre own goal. Fernandes, 20, beat his own goalkeeper Diogo Costa from 45 yards with a misplaced backpass to level up the first leg, which ended 1-1. To make matters worse, the Portuguese then suffered an injury minutes later and had to be substituted. But is Fernandes' own goal the worst of all time? BBC Sport looks at some of football's most infamous OGs. Lee Dixon chipped David Seaman from 25 yards out in a First Division match against Coventry Former Arsenal duo Lee Dixon and David Seaman were part of a formidable backline for the Gunners during the 1990s and early 2000s - and both also featured for England. Indeed, such was the Gunners' strength at the back that '1-0 to the Arsenal' became a familiar chant from the terraces. But in 1991, Dixon and his goalkeeper were certainly not on the same page when he attempted a long-range back pass to Seaman in a match ag

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