This could be the world's most painful football celebration

Ouch.
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Sam Haysom
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LONDON -- If you were asked to name the riskiest element of football, you might go for something like tackling -- maybe a bad sliding tackle. You might even think of the goalie, having a ball branded at him from close-range by an advancing striker.

You probably wouldn't think of someone who's just scored a goal, though.

On Wednesday night, Newcastle United took on Norwich City in a Championship league game. Newcastle were losing, but managed to score two goals in injury time and come back to win 4-3.


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Here's how the players celebrated.

Ouch.

Now watch the clip one more time, and pay particular attention to goal-scorer Dwight Gayle and striker Aleksandar Mitrović (the ones at the top of the screen).

If that's what Mitrović does when he's happy, we'd hate to see him angry.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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