Soccer: Holiday helped Owen - Houllier

Michael Owen’s dramatic impact in his first ever Champions League match must have left the rest of Europe shaking in their boots, to the delight of Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier.

Owen grabbed a second-half hat-trick in a 5-0 demolition of Finnish side FC Haka to virtually confirm the Reds’ place in the lucrative first group stage of the Champions League and according to Houllier it is all down to rest and relaxation.