LONDON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A Liverpool fan has won 25,000
pounds ($43,880) after betting that midfielder Xabi Alonso would
score from his own half this season, British media reported on
Monday.
Alonso managed the feat from about 60 metres with
Liverpool's fifth goal in a thrilling 5-3 FA Cup third round win
at second division Luton Town on Saturday after the hosts'
keeper had gone up for a stoppage-time corner.
Fan Adrian Hayward, 42, had placed his 200 pound bet at
125-1 after noticing the Spaniard had tried several times last
season to score from the Liverpool half.
'Since placing the bet, I've always had a vision in my mind
that it would come when the opposing keeper came out for a
corner in a cup game,' Hayward was quoted as telling the Daily
Mail.
'I couldn't believe it when Luton got a corner and the
keeper started to run upfield....I thought I was going to pass
out. When it went in, I went crazy.'
