Michael Owen, somewhat unfairly at times, gets a bit of stick for his punditry work.
From completely made up quotes attributed to him doing the rounds on Twitter, to people complaining that his observations are ‘boring’ and ‘obvious’. The man can’t win.
But ahead of Paris Saint-Germain’s game to the Camp Nou on Wednesday night, Owen really didn’t help himself.
Looking ahead to the game with his BT Sport colleagues, Owen ran the rule over PSG’s Edinson Cavani – a man that had scored 36 goals prior to kick off.
Despite acknowledging his talent, Owen also described the Uruguayan as an “average” finisher, much to the amusement of plenty of those watching.
Michael Owen saying cavani is a bad finisher, he has a goal a game in the league 😂😂😂 #barcapsg
— Billy McGon (@BillyMcgon) March 8, 2017
CAVANI HAS SCORED 32 GOALS THIS SEASON AND MICHEAL OWEN JUST SAID HES AN AVERAGE FINISHER HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!
— JF (@OFFLEWITT) March 8, 2017
Michael Owen called Cavani an average finisher. pic.twitter.com/bUjJwuqucH
— Paul Schofield (@schofey27) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/connormanson2/status/839558022129192960
Michael Owen calling Cavani an average finisher over a montage of world class strikes from the lad! Comedy punditry 😅
— Dean Slavin (@DeanSlavin) March 8, 2017
Has Michael Owen really just said Cavani is a average finisher? 🙈🙈🙈
— AW (@ad_weston) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/BenMWard/status/839557188288925696
So, having watched Barcelona bring the aggregate score back to 4-3, can you guess who managed to come up with PSG’s tie-ending away goal?
https://twitter.com/FifaSoccerTeam/status/839587905270083587
That’s right… Edison Cavani, with not such an average strike.
But don’t worry, Mike. It’s not like anyone remembered what you’d said…
And Michael Owen called cavani an average finisher 😂😂😂
— Dane Harvey (@DaneHarv) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/carlmaddison_/status/839584434122813440
Michael Owen called Edinson Cavani an 'average finisher'. That's 37 goals now for the season. #barcapsg
— Phil Blanche 🏴 (@philblanche) March 8, 2017
