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In qualification for the 2006 World Cup, Owen scored five goals. In May 2005, he scored his second international hat-trick in a friendly match against Colombia at Giants Stadium. [152] In another pre-World Cup friendly, Owen scored two late goals to give England a 3–2 win over rivals Argentina in November 2005. [153]
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 ...
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.
Aston Villa took the lead in the fifth minute of the game, via a James Milner penalty kick, but Michael Owen equalised for Manchester United seven minutes later. Wayne Rooney, who replaced the injured Owen shortly before half time, scored the winning goal with 16 minutes left to play. [5]
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]
It beat a goal scored by England's Michael Owen against Argentina in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, which came second, whilst another 1986 FIFA World Cup goal by Maradona, from the semi-final match against Belgium, came fourth. Journalist Víctor Hugo Morales, who commented the goal of the century
Michael Owen’s son has been diagnosed with Stargardt disease (Getty Images) ... Former Liverpool and Real Madrid striker Owen scored 40 goals in 89 England caps, winning the Ballon d’Or in 2001.
Sergio Agüero has scored three or more goals twelve times in the Premier League, more than any other player. Alan Shearer is second with eleven hat-tricks; Robbie Fowler has scored nine, and Henry, Kane and Michael Owen have each scored eight hat-tricks.