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Michael Owen opened his Manchester United account with the winning goal on his debut in the friendly against a Malaysia XI.

Owen started the match on the bench but stepped up to score the winner for United as they scraped a 3-2 win on their Far-East opener. United had looked to be on course for an easy victory after Wayne Rooney and Nani had given Sir Alex Ferguson's side a 2-0 lead.However, Malaysia scored just before the interval when Mohammed Amri Yahyah fired in a sweet shot from the edge of the area beating Edwin Van der Sar in the United goal.Malaysia were level quickly after the restart after an error from substitute keeper Ben Foster allowed Amri Yahyah to poke the ball into an open net.With time running out, Owen calmly slotted the ball into the goal from the edge of the area to seal victory for Uninted



Manchester United's players must share the responsibility of replacing Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford this season say's Michael Owen.

Ronaldo's. The Premier League champions have lost a player who has contributed a huge 67 goals in the past two campaigns, but Owen believes his new side can cope. The striker scored the winner on his United debut as Sir Alex Ferguson's side beat a Malaysia XI 3-2 on Saturday and the former Liverpool favourite is hoping he can share the goalscoring burden with the likes of Wayne Rooney and fellow new-boy Antonio Valencia."Hopefully I might add something the team haven't got at the moment," Owen said."Nobody is going to replace Ronaldo, even though I wear his shirt, but if someone like Wayne (Rooney) could improve his game five per cent, that would help. I can add a little bit, there is Antonio Valencia."Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate a bit more to make up for him