Michael Owen’s tweet congratulating Ben Woodburn did not go down too well

Poor old Michael Owen takes an awful battering at times.

Last night, the former Liverpool striker took to social media to congratulate 17-year-old Ben Woodburn for becoming the club's youngest ever goalscorer. Woodburn scored the Reds' second in a 2-0 EFL Cup win over Leeds United at Anfield. at 17 years and 45 days, he surpassed the goalscoring record that was previously held by Owen [17 years, 145 days]. Owen was quick to give the teenager credit for the feat: https://twitter.com/themichaelowen/status/803713548186746880 Unfortunately though, given Owen's time spent with Manchester United and Newcastle United, the response was less than favourable. In fact, it was downright nasty. https://twitter.com/ali_reza110/status/803715144425603077 The Manchester United stint was a common theme https://twitter.com/Lil_Magician10/status/803718075711451136 Toon fans will never forget him https://twitter.com/heilalausa/status/803715024329969664 Simply had enough https://twitter.com/Duncan_Ingram/status/803715529869578240 This lad felt Owen was trying to get some attention https://twitter.com/Seanjoekelly/status/803713681410445313 And this one didn't even make sense https://twitter.com/lil_Thapit/status/803714966490595328 Sometimes you just can't win. Dick Clerkin makes his GAA Hour debut to talk about a wonderful career and argue passionately with Colm Parkinson over Sky Sports GAA. Subscribe here on iTunes.