prime michael owen was so good 

the first time I saw him was at WC 98. his goal against Argentina is still one of the best I ever seen

Because i was young and didnt understand serious injuries he went from being my favourite player to my most despised player. Dont outstay your welcome. A lightning fast lethal finisher in his prime, functional skills focused entirely on blasting a hole in your goalkeeepers net.

Imo owen was the closest to R9 englands produced

Honestly very good video! Great editing music and great clips

Owen between 1997-2001 was one of my favourite players. Until he scored the two goals against us in the 2001 F. A Cup final anyway.

Hasn’t been a striker like him. In his prime he was as good as anyone at that time. I remember going away to work in Egypt and all the locals there because I was English were calling me Micheal Owen 😂 because that’s what they related England with back in 2001. That’s how big he was on the world stage. I’m A Newcastle fan as well

Never seen any one like him after that.

My french friend used to ban using Owen on the earlier PES games, because it was unfair.

*The tragedy of Michael Owen is, he only knew one way to play: Race at defenders with supersonic speed, completely leave them flat footed or lying in the dust; the goalkeeper mesmerized, while he rounds them all and slots the ball into the net.* The crowds went wild and his Liverpool, Real Madrid (initially at least) and England managers loved it too. They kept encouraging him to play that way and unfortunately they never trained him in other aspects such as, one-two passes, crossing, heading, fake runs etc, nor did he learn himself. Speed running was the only way he knew. Unfortunately, doing this day in and day out blew his hamstrings and he was never the same and could not regain that speed. He therefore slowly devolved to mediocrity since he knew no other way to play, unlike other speed demons in their prime like Arjen Robben and Cristiano Ronaldo. Other speedy players knew other styles besides racing at defenders and leaving them in the dust and scoring, while poor Michael Owen only knew that one way. Poor guy even hired speed trainers, but his legs never allowed it again. I blame Liverpool and also Real Madrid for not fully developing him and overusing him in his youth and completely blowing his legs out. He could have been a legend and a world-class player, talked about for generations to come, if only he had better managers, in his formative phase. 😪

He was electric in 01

I thought this was going to be him smashing point blank volleys past a 13 year old

Anton Ferdinand saying he struck fear into defenders. He didn’t even play against him what would he know lol

While I love Owen, I find it amazing that he never reached 20 league goals in a season, nor 30 goals in a season overall.

Jesus, he gave poor Albaina an awful time!

I grew up wanting to play football like Ronaldinho and Owen that says a lot

And these aren’t even his best clips

Really? The Michael Owen that won the Balon D’or and bought by Real Madrid was good? No follin’? You sir. Are artificial intelligence

And because he's an Englishman younger that 80 years old he won, internationally, absolutely nothing, zero, zilch, bugger all. Might as well not have bothered pulling on a white shirt.

being english is the only reason he won that ballon d'or

He was a great player for 1-2 seasons of his prime, but considering the other players to win the trophy, he's easily the worst player to ever win the Ballon d'Or. He relied purely on his athleticism and instinct. The garbage that comes out of his mouth nowadays highlights how little he knows about football.

Head and shoulders worst player to win it. Agbonlahor is closer to him than he is to that award.

Big game player

Over rated