Lampard rallies to Owen defence

Frank Lampard has slammed the negative reaction towards out-of-sorts striker Michael Owen and insisted: “He won’t let us down in this World Cup.”

Lampard rallies to Owen defence
Sat, 17 Jun, 2006 - 18:05

Frank Lampard has slammed the negative reaction towards out-of-sorts striker Michael Owen and insisted: “He won’t let us down in this World Cup.”

Owen is England’s fourth-highest scorer with 36 goals but has suffered the indignity of being substituted early in the second half of the opening two group games with Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago.

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