MICHAEL OWEN gave Alex Ferguson a timely reminder in Boston of just why he should be given more first team football this coming season.
Owen scored the final goal of their historic title winning campaign last season when he came on as a substitute to complete a 4-2 win over Blackpool.
Last night in the Gillette Stadium he opened the scoring in Manchester United's pre-season tour of the US with a typical Owen finish.
He had been on the pitch just six minutes after coming on as a substitute at half-time for Wayne Rooney and brought the 51,523 crowd to life after a poor opening period.
Michael Carrick provided the through ball and from a tight angle Owen found the far side of the goal with a perfect side-foot finish.
He has been doing it all his career and wants to show Ferguson he has not stopped - even in the twilight of it at 31 years old.
The problem is that he doesn't get enough chances to do so.
Last season he started just four games in all competitions, one in the league, and came on 13 times as a sub.
He still managed five goals.
Despite his lack of football Ferguson does still have faith in him as he showed by extending his initial two-year contract by another season.
He also promised him he would get more time on the pitch this coming season.
Another striker making an impression last night was forgotten man Federico Macheda.
Macheda was back at United after a six-month loan deal at Italians Sampdoria.
Ferguson had farmed him out to get more first-team football but no goals in 14 games meant it was hardly a success as the team were relegated from Serie A.
But back amongst his United teammates it was a different story.
The 19-year-old hit a brace of goals after also coming on as half-time sub, this time for Dimitar Berbatov....(continue..)
-courtesy of thesun.co.uk
Perghh...Man Utd got off with a winning start in pre-season tour at USA this morning!! Walaupun aku tak dapat tengok secara LIVE..dapat tengok secara ONLINE pun kira ok laa :p!! Game tadi Man Utd menang dgn keputusan 4-1 hasil jaringan Owen (not Hargreaves..ekeke),Macheda (2 bijik gol) and gol PALING cantik utk game ni dihasilkan oleh our very own ASIAN player yakni Mr.Park Ji Sung!! Hopefully korang enjoy game highlights kat atas..GGMU!! Full report click here!!
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