Michael Owen marked his Manchester United debut with the winning goal as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side made a victorious start to their pre-season tour.
Owen, on as a 60th-minute substitute, rescued United with five minutes left after a howler from keeper Ben Foster allowed their opponents to level. England striker Owen, wearing Cristiano Ronaldo’s old No.7 shirt in United’s first game since their former star player’s £80m move to Real Madrid, looked lively in his impressive cameo performance.
Having come close to scoring after linking up well with Dimitar Berbatov and miscuing a shot across the face of goal, Owen struck in the 85th minute. The ball spilled out to Owen just inside the area and the England striker took one touch before steering a shot between a defender and inside the post to open his United account ...
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