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People rally around Gareth McAuley after his own goal knocked Northern Ireland out

Published 19:35 25 Jun 2016 BST

Richard Beech
People rally around Gareth McAuley after his own goal knocked Northern Ireland out

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Scoring an own goal that sees your team get knocked out of an international tournament must be one of the worst feelings a man can suffer.

But nobody blames Gareth McAuley for his own goal in Northern Ireland's match against Wales. Gareth Bale whipped a ball across the face of the goal with such accuracy and pace, that if McAuley didn't challenge for the ball, Hal Robson-Kanu would have nudged it into the net anyway. And football fans are getting behind the West Brom and Northern Ireland defender. https://twitter.com/clifty04/status/746758096605880321 https://twitter.com/KickLDN/status/746758106466689024 https://twitter.com/VincentKompany/status/746758712480632833 https://twitter.com/wxvxs/status/746758076586409984 https://twitter.com/Carmichaael_/status/746758068835356672 https://twitter.com/Wiggins07LFC/status/746758065588944896 https://twitter.com/GWattam1710/status/746758075634302976 https://twitter.com/MichaelJTopley/status/746758076238282752 https://twitter.com/NowakLaw/status/746758087063703553 Poor bloke. Wales went onto win the game 1-0, and will make history by going through to the quarter-finals of the tournament. SNAPCHAT

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People rally around Gareth McAuley after his own goal knocked Northern Ireland out