Michael Owen responds to Wayne Rooney calling him out, gets burnt again

Michael Owen scored 158 goals in 297 games for Liverpool between 1997 and 2004 and won two League Cups, the FA Cup and the UEFA Cup.

His exploits were enough to earn him legend status at the club, but his departure to Real Madrid left a bad taste in the mouths of most Liverpool fans. Owen claimed in Ring of Fire, a recent book by Simon Hughes about Liverpool players of the 21st century, that he had wanted to return to Liverpool from the day he left and had made attempts, through his friend Jamie Carragher, to make the move happen. The move never materialised and Owen joined Manchester United in 2009, which arguably permanently damaged his standing with Liverpool fans. He's now an "international ambassador" for Liverpool, and tweeted his support for the team during their 2-1 win over West Brom on Saturday at Anfield. His former United teammate Wayne Rooney called him out over the tweet. "Come on Red Men. A win by two goals and it's 'top of the league'," Owen tweeted, which prompted Rooney to remind his 13.9m Twitter followers of Owen's links with Liverpool's most bitter rivals. https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_UK/status/789917164329394178 Owen responded to Rooney's jibe with two tweets. The first one just repeated the message of Owen's previous tweet. https://twitter.com/themichaelowen/status/789910741423980544 Owen then tried to turn the tables on Rooney, by highlighting the United captain's links with Everton. He also referred to Liverpool as being his "first love." https://twitter.com/themichaelowen/status/789916551906488320 There was just one issue with Owen's description of Liverpool. Like former Liverpool players Carragher, Robbie Fowler and Steve McManaman, he grew up supporting Everton. https://twitter.com/WayneRooney/status/789947353050542081 Nicely played, Wayne. Owen has yet to respond, and probably shouldn't. And while Rooney's playing time has been limited recently, and it looks as though his career is winding down, his Twitter game is clearly still strong. Hopefully we'll see more tweets from the United captain, and a return to the days when he tweeted like this: https://twitter.com/WayneRooney/status/76426349039988736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Or this: https://twitter.com/WayneRooney/status/70629812376580097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Or even this: https://twitter.com/WayneRooney/status/87260084400439296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw You can catch up on the latest episode of JOE's Football Friday Live right here...