Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina looked to have Darren Bent's fifth-minute drive covered -- until it struck a large red beach ball, apparently taken to the match by a young Liverpool fan.

Sunderland's Darren Bent fires a shot which hits a red beach ball and deflects past goalkeeper Pepe Reina in the fifth minute to hand Liverpool a 1-0 defeat. In a farcical version of an own-goal ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool suffered their fourth Premier League defeat of the season on Saturday when Sunderland won 1-0 with a Darren Bent goal that took a deflection from a beach ball thrown ...

On this day six years ago, Darren Bent scored one of the Premier League's most bizarre goals when his strike deflected beyond Pepe Reina with the help of a beach ball. Type 'strangest ever goals ...

Sunderland might have had their beach ball, but Liverpool trumped it on this occasion with a Friend in high places. Steve Bruce admitted his side used up an entire season’s luck when they sealed ...

The Liverpool manager watched his side concede a surreal goal to a Darren Bent shot that took a deflection past Pepe Reina via a red beach ball thrown on to the pitch by a visiting fan and which ...