Premier League - Goal of the week: Owen rolls back years

Eurosport - Sat, 26 Sep 12:22:00 2009

Michael Owen's dramatic late winner in the Manchester derby has been voted goal of the week by Eurosport-Yahoo! readers.

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Manchester United's summer signing came off the bench to settle a thrilling match at Old Trafford with a fantastically cool finish in the 96th minute - a real hark back to the good old days for the one-time England ace.

His effort garnered 32 per cent of the vote while Craig Bellamy's screamer in the same game was your second favourite goal of the week, amassing an impressive 4,959 votes.

The West Ham defence had no clue how to deal with a mazy run by Fernando Torres at Upton Park and the Liverpool hitman's strike edges out Thomas Vermaelen's wonder goal against Wigan - his second of the match - into third place by just two per cent of the votes.

No less spectacular, but not quite as well appreciated were Gabriel Agbonlahor's off-balance net buster against Portsmouth and David Nugent's fine effort from outside the box against Sunderland. The two strikes managed a mere five per cent between them.

Goal of the week result:

1. Michael Owen (Man Utd v Man City) - 6,221 votes

2. Craig Bellamy (1st goal, Man City v Man Utd) - 4,959 votes

3. Fernando Torres (1st goal, Liverpool at West Ham) - 3,890 votes

4. Thomas Vermaelen (2nd goal, Arsenal v Wigan) - 3,567 votes

5. Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa v Portsmouth) - 603 votes

6. David Nugent (2nd goal, Burnley v Sunderland) - 440 votes

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  1. tonyjoe79 bigger fish to fry ha ha lmao your only just­ in the carling cup still so who are these bigger fish­ do tell all us united fans would love to know who your­ bigger fish are ha ha or have you arranged a friendly­ with real madrid lmao what a nob ive heard it all from­ a city fan now bigger fish ha ha in what exactly have­ you just bought a chippy ha ha ha ha city fans the­ embarrassment of manchester and forever in uniteds­ massive trophy filled shadow fact

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Sun 27 Sep 7:39PM

  2. To Glenn T. Bellamy's goal was in regulation time,­ therefore we did not need the time to equalise, seems­ to me you need to understand football before the chip­ on your shoulder gets to much for you. Oh! the four­ Minutes, well that in itself was debatable, given there­ were only three subs from both sides up to that point,­ the trainers were conspicuous by there absence, and­ there was not any time wasting by both sides Mmmm dose­ not add up eh. Anyway like i have said we have moved­ on and have bigger fish to fry and arguing the @#$%­ with a no hoper is a waste of time, and in this case­ the ref is not around to allow you the extra time to­ get back. Final whistle! you won,Game over so move­ on, we have!!

    From tonyjoe79, on Sat 26 Sep 12:54PM

  3. busybee...
    are you a Liver'Poo' BEE mascot by­ any chance????....i can picture you wearing that black­ & yellow silly little costume right now sitting­ next beside your TRANNY,oopps,i meant your­ nanny!!....wtf!!!....GGMU!!...

    From Those Rats likes Bin dippin for free Cheeseburger, on Sat 26 Sep 12:28PM

  4. Chrls79M'UTD4life talk about living in the past­ is that Ronaldo in your profile picture, he plays for­ Real Madrid man and he seems to be pointing and­ laughing at your grasp of the English language, I told­ you Chris take your 30 year old hole back to wikipedia­ and copy and paste like you used to do, because at­ least we can understand that...

    From Darren, on Sat 26 Sep 12:17PM

  5. Owen is great scorer for Manchester.

    I have X Box and­ SEGA MASTER SYSTEM FOR SALE at price of £349 for both.­ Games Ninja, FIFA 1998 and Rolo the Elephant

    From Max, on Sat 26 Sep 12:11PM

  6. Chrls79M'UTD4life .... are you a team or a­ brand.

    Macdonalds is the best known restaurant chain­ but it is not a indictment of class!

    From busybee, on Sat 26 Sep 12:06PM

  7. look at how BITTER those 'POO' fans if not the­ rest w their comments!!!...yup,they still BITTER for­ missing out on the league title,every single one of­ them...cant blame them after all,after yet another 19­ years of pure S***E!!!..haha..as a matter of fact,the­ whole world doesnt seem to give a F**K about their SAD­ DELUDED CLUB!!!..except their very OWN­ kind..haha...cheer up,LOSERS!!!...turn to your own­ page,kneel down to that Fat Spanish P***K of­ yours,WORSHIPPED him & HOPE for a­ REVIVAL!!!...
    which is very­ UNLIKELY!!!..nevertheless,there's countless of­ 80's retro 'POO' DVD'S if not­ Youtube,for all the Past Glory Hunters to at least­ enjoy IMAO...lol..YAWN!!..ENJOY!!!...as for now,we Man­ Utd are BASKING in the glory days of yet another­ SUPREMACY!!!...Holla..THANX EUROSPORT for that­ thoroughly deserved Goal of the week!!!....Owen,now its­ time for you to stick one @ the C**K END,oopps,i meant­ the Kop End...sorry...cheeky....lol....
    MANCHESTER­ UNITED BEST SUPPORTED TEAM IN THE WORLD!!!..
    THE­ EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF TROPHIES!!!..FACTH!!..GGMU!!

    From Those Rats likes Bin dippin for free Cheeseburger, on Sat 26 Sep 11:57AM

  8. by the way d.makin you get one vote for each yahoo­ account so unless you have 150 profiles (which would­ not suprise me) you only voted once. all the other 149­ clicks was just wasting your own time, so if you have­ some spare time on your hands take them to Majosers­ house where you can w.ank his dad and talk about how­ you didnt rate Owen when he joined UTD but now he is­ one of the greats.

    From Darren, on Sat 26 Sep 11:43AM

  9. And yet again Forest fans sell out their away­ allocation. On a sunday! For a game live on TV! A 600­ mile round trip! after years in the 3rd tier of­ football!!!
    The most loyal fans in football... All the­ small clubs like Blackburn, Wigan, Bolton,­ Middlesbourough, Portsmouth would die for our­ support...they should volunteer to give the mighty reds­ their place.

    From ashley, on Sat 26 Sep 11:41AM

  10. majoser no 12, the goal of the week should be­ determined by the most aesthetically pleasing goal on­ the eye its nothing to do with ' importance,­ timing and the relief it gives ' that sounds more­ like the hand job you give to your Dad

    From Darren, on Sat 26 Sep 11:37AM

  11. shhut up majoser go to bed and drink away your whole­ day

    From chicken salad, on Sat 26 Sep 11:32AM

  12. spot on,Eurospsort!!!...WELL DESERVED!!!..WHAT A­ FREAKIN WINNING GOAL!!!...
    ONE SHOT..ONE KILL..ONE­ CHANCE..ONE GOAL...
    Michael..Welcome To Manchester,The­ Only Manchester,The Great Manchester United!!!...now­ its time to stick one @ the Kop­ End!!!...lol..c'mom,get in there...GGMU!!!...

    From Those Rats likes Bin dippin for free Cheeseburger, on Sat 26 Sep 11:31AM
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    Chicken salad,

    You're great when it comes to­ making senseless comments. Why dont you just call­ yourself a chicken egg? Brainless. Grab a cheap cab and­ move south.

    From Majoser, on Sat 26 Sep 11:23AM

  14. ARTHUR R

    We're also interested in making you a­ team leader. We've the knowledge that you've­ grouped some of your retards into a club....we're­ told that you're full of ssh_it. That's what­ mickey did to you.

    From Majoser, on Sat 26 Sep 11:19AM

  15. wow you can tell manu fans who dont know anything about­ football run and rule this site...
    owen unmarked all­ the time in the world no even first touch and you call­ that the weeks no.1 goal!
    bellamy created it himself­ with pressure and scored a wonderful goal
    vermaelen­ first a one two and a class strike any striker would be­ proud of
    nugent moved away from the defender and bam!­ one sublime strike
    torres wriggled through the whole of­ the defense and scored a wonderful goal from very near­ the post
    gabbys goal wasnt that great helped by torrid­ defending but the way he didnt allow any one to catch­ him was the real deal
    in any case if owen had been in­ any of these situations he would have ended up injured

    From chicken salad, on Sat 26 Sep 11:17AM

  16. Lynx

    Give us this moron's number and we'll­ disconnect his line. We've got the power, the will­ and the wisdom to do it.

    From Majoser, on Sat 26 Sep 11:15AM

  17. Yes

    Michael Owen is english.
    Michael Owen is a United­ player.
    Michael Owen has a chance to win a premier­ league before he hangs his boots.
    Yes
    Yes and­ yes.
    Michael Owen didnt fight a fan. The profile of the­ game was miles over the game where Torres scored.

    From Majoser, on Sat 26 Sep 11:12AM

  18. polinteriors....keep your opinions to your local in­ Kilkenny or I'll give everyone your phone number!

    From Lynx, on Sat 26 Sep 11:09AM
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    I was born with an extra brain. A liverpool fan begged­ me so much during our kindergarten years and I give him­ a hint on how to have two brains.....

    Tie a­ manchester united scarf over your head and run around­ anfield. I was not to explain to him where he'd buy­ the scarf cos he was to use his imagination....and­ he'd no money. The same case applies today,­ liverpool will only imagine winning premier­ league.....liverpool has got no money stil.

    From Majoser, on Sat 26 Sep 11:07AM

  20. u have got to be crazy ...
    Owen's goal nr 1­ ???
    only cos hes english...
    old usless scum.
    manu have­ no firepwer now and they got some Owen ....
    u will win­ nothing this season... Red devils ....hahaha...­ comercial club with comercial logo

    From Danny, on Sat 26 Sep 11:04AM
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