michael owen league cup

Stats
Total minutes of football: 1119
Total goals: 9
Goal ratio: 1 goal per 124 minutes (roughly 1 goal per 1.3 games)
Assists: 2 (1 in Prem, 1 in the League Cup)
Goal responsibility ratio: 1 goal per 102 minutes (roughly 1 goal scored or assisted per 1.1 games)

Accolades
2nd highest scorer in the Champions League (behind 1st place Cristiano Ronaldo)

Best moments
1. Scoring the winning goal in what Sir Alex Ferguson called the best derby ever. 2. Scoring the crucial equalising goal in United’s 2-1 win over Aston Villa in the League Cup final. 3. Scoring a hattrick against German champions Wolfsburg.

Comparisons
Craig Bellamy and Carlton Cole have scored the same number of goals as Owen this season, despite having much more playing time.

He has scored more goals than Emmanuel Adebayor and Kenwyne Jones. He has scored 1 less goal than Peter Crouch and 3 fewer goals than Nicolas Anelka.

Carlos Tevez, who Owen replaced, has played in 2538 minutes and has a scoring ratio 1 goal per 121 minutes.




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