Soccer: Fowler desperate to start

Robbie Fowler’s quest to regain a regular place in the Liverpool starting line-up has taken a knock with Michael Owen claiming he could return to action within three weeks and manager Gerard Houllier heaping unstinted praise on double match-winner Jari Litmanen.

Fowler has indicated that he aims to take Houllier’s criticism on board and knuckle down to prove people wrong.