John Arne Riise

...the bar. Ten minutes later, captain Francesco Totti won a free kick for the Giallorossi near the Atalanta area, but John Arne Riise's thunderbolt went just over the bar. Just before the break, the visitors found an equaliser against the...

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...Bellamy The Wales forward landed himself in hot water after swinging a golf club in anger at then Liverpool team-mate John Arne Riise, reportedly because the Norwegian would not get involved in a karaoke session during a team training...

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...winger. Injuries and the stellar form of Benayoun have seen the former Espanyol star, who has been unkindly dubbed 'the new John Arne Riise' by some sections of the Kop. It was never going to be easy for the tiny midfielder to live up to...

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...the Carling Cup final at the Millennium Stadium. Liverpool surge forward from the whistle and Fernando Morientes crosses for John Arne Riise to fire home. The travelling Kop erupts and the noise is the loudest in history, registering 130.7...

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In the 54th minute, moments after Jerzy Dudek had tipped Andriy Shevchenko's free-kick around the post, Steven Gerrard met a John Arne Riise cross and headed into the net. Two minutes later Vladimir Smicer marked his last appearance for...

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...aerial collision with Patrick Vieira. But the Giallorossi continued to search for a second and were almost rewarded when John Arne Riise fired inches wide from distance on 37 minutes. Mourinho brought on Sneijder and a third forward in Marco...

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...of the penalty area before sliding a through ball to Samuel Eto'o who spun and shot past Julio Sergio. Riise then came close with another free-kick, but again he saw it fly narrowly past the right-hand post. Inter responded with a close...

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...Erik Nevland was dismissed within three minutes of coming on for a heavy challenge on Daniele De Rossi. Former Liverpool man John Arne Riise then levelled after 69 minutes with a deflected effort and Stefano Okaka headed the clincher a...

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...to put Fulham ahead from the penalty spot. But Nevland was sent off for a 49th minute tackle on Daniele de Rossi before John Arne Riise equalised with a shot that deflected off two players. Stefano Okaka Chuka nodded in Roma's winner...

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...straight. 'I never said I wanted to return to Liverpool and I never made those statements,' said Riise. 'I am settled here in Rome and I want to stay.' Roma are saddled with huge debts and have struggled since Alberto Aquilani was sold...

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