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A penalty kick is understandably the tensest moment in soccer. All eyes are on the taker and the goalie. Nothing else is happening. All the pressure is on the penalty kick taker, because he or she is expected to score. A 12-yard shot with no defense should be a simple exercise for a professional soccer player. There is no pressure on the goalie, with the crowd not expecting the penalty saved.

Not all pitch invaders are created equal. Some try and score goals. Some try to hug players. Some want their shirts autographed. Some just want to run around for a bit while security chases them.

And some are just, like, on their way to the grocery store or something.

Like this Greek lady who casually strolled through a youth match, cane and all, without a care in the world.

Liverpool are having a miserable season, but there is a silver lining behind their ninth-placed cloud. That metaphor is particularly apt in regards to Liverpool fans because clouds are a major part of storms, which Liverpool fans find themselves walking through with their heads held high. 

AND DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK...

Sorry, we got a little carried away there. But it is pretty much a universal truth that miserable people sing the best songs, and with the likes of Christian Benteke and Simon Mignolet in the squad, Liverpool fans are singing pretty well right now.

If you’ve ever been on an exploration for videos that depict the finest of tomfoolery, there’s no doubt you’ve come across a Dude Perfect video. The quintet has over eight million subscribers and over one billion with a capital B collective video views. They’ve become such an internet sensation that CMT has given them their own television show starting in April. But before that happens, the group decided to take a trip across the pond to film a couple of videos with some of the Premier League’s most notable clubs.

The Arsenal-Liverpool game from the other day was exciting. More exciting than Chipotle’s secret menu even (yes it’s a thing — supposedly there’s something called a Burritodilla). It had goals, crunching tackles, endless drama, and that classic England atmosphere of perpetual rain. But even better than the show on the field was Jurgen Klopp’s celebration off it.

Since the invention of the television, there have been television commercials. Sports figure heavily into the commercial sphere, and soccer is no exception, which is why we've compiled this list of the top eight soccer commercials we've ever seen.

1998 Brazil:

This was Nike’s main commercial leading up to the 1998 World Cup, starring the reigning champs waiting for their flight to France. Rather than a commercial, I like to believe that this security footage of what the Brazilian National Team does when they’re bored at an airport.

Scoring goals is Chicharito's business, and business is most definitely good. Fans flocked to see Brazilian side Internacional take on Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez’s Bayer Leverkusen in the Flordia Cup this past week. Chicharito duly provided the spectacle they’d been hoping for with a brace and a stunning volley that unluckily crashed off the crossbar.

Arsenal vs Liverpool was one of the most exciting Premier League games of the year. After the dust settled and I realized that my Gunners had somehow managed to both satisfy and disappoint with a 3-3 draw, I could admittedly only remember the goals, the glorious goals. But what would come to my attention after the game was a single piece of skill from Arsenal’s #10: Mesut Ozil’s first touch in the 80th minute.