Reynolds gave away a soft free-kick challenging for an aerial ball, and in what was almost a carbon copy of the first half Aberdeen goal, the substitute Scott McDonald ghosted in at the back post to head home Ainsworth's cross.
All the while, the Rockettes are dancing, wielding their famous legs in karate kicks, challenging their exactitude with jumps that change shape in midair.
But almost in his next breath Pearson's irrepressible enthusiasm kicks in, challenging any viewer watching dressage in these Paralympics not to respect the intricate dance between horse and rider taking place in the arena.
He died of a chill in 1916 having spent the last few years on Blackpool Sands trying to make money from a "beat Little Willie" penalty-kick challenge.
Rodney Yoder is one of the few who seem to get a kick out of challenging that conventional wisdom.
Five minutes later Mako Vunipola charged down Lee Byrne's attempted clearance kick and Brock James, challenging for the ball with Saracens' Argentine centre Marcelo Bosch, deliberately palmed it over the dead-ball line.
Like Rio Ferdinand's karate-kick style challenge on Joe Cole with four minutes to go that should really have been a penalty had Cole not been too honest to go down.
Swimming kicks will challenge both your glutes and your core as you try to maintain your balance on top of the ball.
From the resulting free-kick, with Petr Cech challenging his counterpart Maarten Stekelenburg, there was mayhem as Séamus Coleman blocked from Nacho Monreal, Leighton Baines did likewise from Alex Iwobi on the goal-line, Alexis Sánchez appealed for a penalty against Barkley, and Everton broke but were somehow unable to release a shot on a goal missing its goalkeeper.
Developing and evaluating complex educational interventions, such as KICk-OFF, is challenging.
"If it was an outside back I'd say there was a fair chance he was challenging the kick-off but it was a second-row forward," said Ryan, suggesting Matthews had been fortunate.
