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Michael Owen has admitted that he felt like he was "punching his brother" every time he played against Liverpool for Manchester United.

The now 45-year-old had an impressive footballing career between 1996 and 2013, initially breaking through the youth ranks of Liverpool before spending a glorious eight years at Anfield.

Racking up 158 goals and 49 assists in 297 appearances, Owen won an FA Cup, two League Cups, a Charity Shield, a UEFA Cup and a UEFA Super Cup with the Reds before signing for Real Madrid in 2004.

His stint with Los Blancos was incredibly short-lived, however, spending just a single year in the Spanish capital before returning to the Premier League donning the black and white of Newcastle United.

They [Liverpool] won the Champions League the season I left.

"I wanted my mates to win, absolutely, but part of me was gutted, 'God, that could have been me'.

Owen will undoubtedly have his gaze fixed upon Liverpool's reverse Premier League fixture with Manchester United later today (January 5).

The Merseysiders humbled the Red Devils with a 3-0 thrashing at Old Trafford in their initial meeting of the 2024/25 campaign in September – Luis Diaz scoring a brace before Mohamed Salah saw the game off.

And Arne Slot will hope for more of the same as his side welcomes their fierce rivals to Anfield.

Liverpool currently sit atop the Premier League table on 45 points with a game in hand on second-place Arsenal, with an impressive record of 14 wins, three draws and just a single shock loss to Nottingham Forest to show for their efforts this season thus far.

United, meanwhile, languish in the lower half of the Premier League table at present, with new boss Ruben Amorim failing to turn the tide since stepping in as Erik ten Hag's replacement in November.

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