Owen told to be a devil

By "World Soccernet" 8/8/1998

Michael Owen, the 18-year-old wonder with a choirboy face, has been told by his Liverpool boss Roy Evans: 'We don't want you to be an angel.'

Owen caused raised eyebrows with some tough challenges in Liverpool's 2-1 midweek win over Inter Milan at Anfield and will again be the centre of attention at Celtic today.

Evans said: 'We are not looking to him to do anything out of order but he will get his fair amount of kicks and he will put his foot in himself.

'He is not Mr Nice Guy on the pitch. He is out there to be professional, to win. He has to be competitive and will be - we would not want to change that.'

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