Sport

Owen back to his best for Liverpool

14 April 2012

Michael Owen responded to doubts about his form with a brilliant strike in Liverpool's 4-2 UEFA Cup victory in Bulgaria.

The England striker ended Levski Sofia's hopes of clawing back a 2-0 first leg deficit after Steven Gerrard scored the opener.

Sofia levelled but Dietmar Hamann and Sami Hyypia ensured a 6-2 aggregate win and place in today's fourth round draw.

Manager Gerard Houllier said: "Michael had an outstanding game. He created chances for others, as well as himself. He was not just the star man he was the star team player too."

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT

David Jones (Footballer)
Gerard Houllier
Liverpool FC
Steven Gerrard