February 16, 2007

Nutmegged?

In the BBC report of Newcastle's glorious victory 1-3 over Zulte-Waregem of Belgium in Gent, it states the following.

"The home side had their tails up for the five minutes that followed the goal, but a cheeky individual strike from Sibierski ended stifled the Waregem revival.

After picking up a pass from Martins on the edge of the area, Sibierski nutmegged a defender before rounding Merlier to give the Magpies their third away goal and possibly a passage into the next round of the Uefa Cup."


My question is what is it to nutmeg someone? I've never heard of that before.

I only know nutmeg as a spice that's often used in Christmas baking, not that I do any of that.

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