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Owen ended the 2004–05 season with 13 goals in La Liga, with the season's highest ratio of goals scored to number of minutes played. Following Madrid's signing of two high-profile Brazilian forwards, Robinho and Júlio Baptista , in the summer of 2005, the speculation arose that Owen would return to the Premier League.
Ferguson claimed he opted for Owen as other players, such as David Villa and Sergio Agüero, would have been too expensive. [14] [20] After United had scored just one goal in their opening two matches (a 1–0 win against Birmingham City, and a 1–0 defeat to newly promoted Burnley), Ferguson and Owen were criticised by sections of the media ...
The 2001 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Michael Owen on 18 December 2001. [1] Owen was the fourth English national to win the award after Stanley Matthews , Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979).
Gerrard's successful tackle gave him possession, and he played a through ball to Owen, who sprinted into the box and fired the ball over Kahn's head to give England a 4–1 lead. This made Owen the first England player since Geoff Hurst in the 1966 World Cup final to score a hat-trick against Germany or West Germany.
The FA Cup was snatched from the jaws of defeat when two late goals from Michael Owen overturned Arsenal's 1–0 lead in the final minutes of the game. The treble was completed four days later when a thrilling match against Alavés of Spain gave them a 5–4 victory in the UEFA Cup final.
Former Liverpool striker Michael Owen believes "it's only a matter of time" before Trent Alexander-Arnold signs for Real Madrid. Owen's comments on X, came after reports the La Liga giants had ...
Michael Owen scored Liverpool's third goal. Bayern were immediately on the attack following Liverpool's goal. A foul on Bayern defender Bixente Lizarazu by Gerrard resulted in a free-kick for Bayern. The subsequent free-kick taken by Ciriaco Sforza was headed over the Liverpool goal by Pablo Thiam. [14]
Michael Owen kicked off the special celebrity edition of Deal or No Deal with some choices that left viewers baffled.. The former Liverpool and England footballer appeared on the recently rebooted ...