NOBODY Could Stop Prime Michael Owen! 

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

Prime Owen was a nightmare for defenders. He was super fast, quick, can dribble and can finish well.

Honestly very good video! Great editing music and great clips

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

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

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.

Quick and Great finisher , won the ballondor for 2 games.Germany and the FA Cup final. Never reaching 20 goals in a season shows.he wasn't at it week in week out, but good.on the big.occasions

Never seen any one like him after that.

*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. 😪

Finishing Clinic. Can't find finishers like this anymore.

He was electric in 01

Had he played for sir alex a lot sooner he would have been looked after better injury wise and had an even better career.

I based my entire playing style on him when I was in my 20s, similar pace, sadly not similar ability 🤣

defenders very often resorted to doing intentional fouls on him, because they knew they couldn't stop him

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

Magnificent player at peak. Shame about his personality and brain though.

He was s###e a decent finisher an electricly quick that's all

Owen and (Brazilian) Ronaldo fully fit dream strike force

Dont remember him playing for Liverpool. Wasn't he at utd? And no top Liverpool player would ever move to them so he definately never played for LFC.

He was elite. Seeing Fowler talking about how he was better was laughable.

He was little, fast and talented. So they broke his legs...

Not really any major honours but still manage to bag a ballor dor

The fact he won a Balon Dor and Thierry never did still amazes me. Even Owen’s highlights are meh 😂

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

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.

Huh! Looks a lot like prime Pulisic 😁

Mbappe can’t chat to him

And these aren’t even his best clips

Jesus, he gave poor Albaina an awful time!

I’ve seen a million players better than this fella. Cannot believe he’s won a Ballondor and some of the greats have missed out on one. A mockery

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

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

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.

Very good player but don't be comparing him to Mbappé. Owen went to Real Madrid and was crap. For England and Liverpool, never won the biggest honors and never really got close. Had scary Pace at one stage but once that went, he wasn't same danger at all.

And every Owen was unlikeable.

What a terrible compilation, didn't even include the goal against Argentina, or the winner against CIty when he played for United! Going by this, he really wasn't that good then, and actually he wasn't, overall.

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.

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

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

Big game player

Over rated

He must be the least skilled/ worst overall player to win a Ballon D’or? Super fast for a few seasons. Thats kind of it though?

Dangerous tackle his taken😢