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30th Nov 2016

Michael Owen’s tweet congratulating Ben Woodburn did not go down too well

Can't do anything right

Patrick McCarry

Poor old Michael Owen takes an awful battering at times.

Last night, the former Liverpool striker took to social media to congratulate 17-year-old Ben Woodburn for becoming the club’s youngest ever goalscorer.

Woodburn scored the Reds’ second in a 2-0 EFL Cup win over Leeds United at Anfield. At 17 years and 45 days, he surpassed the goalscoring record that was previously held by Owen [17 years, 145 days].

Owen was quick to give the teenager credit for the feat:

Unfortunately though, given Owen’s time spent with Manchester United and Newcastle United, the response was less than favourable.

In fact, it was downright nasty.

The Manchester United stint was a common theme

https://twitter.com/Lil_Magician10/status/803718075711451136

Toon fans will never forget him

https://twitter.com/heilalausa/status/803715024329969664

Simply had enough

This lad felt Owen was trying to get some attention

https://twitter.com/Seanjoekelly/status/803713681410445313

And this one didn’t even make sense

Sometimes you just can’t win.