Michael Owen - Not done just yet

Michael Owen made his first appearance of the season Tuesday night against Leeds in the Carling Cup. The striker managed to grab two goals, the second a brilliant strike.

He believes his career is not winding down (quotes from BBC):

"I'm still only 31 and I have a good few years left in me yet," he said.

"The pressure is on when you get into this side because you don't get many chances [to play]."

He added: "When you get picked you have to perform - or you won't see the pitch for another couple of months.

"I have had some massive games in my career but I almost feel myself getting more nervous these days.

"I don't fear my touch will go because I am doing a lot of training and putting in a lot of hard work. But even the best players in the world can have a bad game and that negative thought is definitely there in the back of your mind because you cannot put things right in three or four days time like most other players who play all the time.

"Thankfully, every time I have started I have managed to quieten people before they chirp up."

Sir Alex Ferguson went on to add:

"Michael Owen's finishing was fantastic," said Ferguson.

"His goal ratio is unbelievable. We are very pleased with him. He has had one or two injuries but with me having Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Javier Hernandez, he is not getting the games he deserves and that is unfortunate."

You can view Owen's second goal here: http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/michael-owen-2-leeds-15432991/

Why not head over to our forum and check out Owen's thread: http://www.soccer24-7.com/forum/showthread.php?t=166879

Sparky

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Leeds Utd vs Man Utd - MATCH PREVIEW

Beckford scores winner as Leeds beat Man Utd 1-0

Tuesday 7.45pm. Live on Sky Sports.

We meet our fierce rivals Leeds for the first time since they knocked us out of the FA Cup in the third round back in January 2010.

We'll surely look for revenge but Leeds will want to try their best to get yet another one over on us.

The squad has been announced and it is a mixture of squad players with some youngsters.

Provisional squad: Lindegaard, Amos, Fabio, Jones, Evans, Giggs, Park, Carrick, Fletcher, Valencia, Owen, Berbatov, Macheda, Diouf, Pogba, W Keane, James, Brown, M.Keane, Thorpe, Fryers.

There are quite a few question marks as to who will start. Lindegaard will most likely be between the posts after an impressive performance last week in Portugal against Benfica.

We're running out of players in defence so I can see Valencia again playing right back after finishing there during Sundays game against Chelsea. Jones will most likely partner Evans in the middle with Fabio left back.

The midfield is a tricky one, Sir Alex today mentioned a possible debut for Paul Pogba whilst Carrick, Fletcher, Giggs and Park will all be eyeing start spots.

Up front I think Berbatov and Owen will get their first starts this season with Macheda and Diouf missing out but possible bench spots for them both. Will Keane is a youngster who has been scoring for fun in the U18's/reserves last couple years so it will be interesting to see if he will make the bench at least.

Join our forum and discuss the match here: http://www.soccer24-7.com/forum/showthread.php?t=192093

Sparky