Owen: Well done, Woodburn

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Michael Owen led the congratulations after losing a Liverpool goalscoring record to 17-year-old Ben Woodburn on Tuesday night.

Woodburn’s late goal sealed a 2-0 EFL Cup win over Leeds and, at 17 years and 45 days, made him 98 days younger than Owen was when he found the net on his debut against Wimbledon in 1997.

A cautious Jurgen Klopp kept the youngster’s feet on the ground afterwards, joking: “I would have scored that, too”.

But when Woodburn came off at the end there was a tweet waiting from Anfield great Owen, who wrote: “Another record taken from me!!! Congratulations Ben Woodburn becoming the youngest ever scorer for …

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