Former Liverpool striker Michael Owen has doubted the ability of Olivier Giroud to play a key role in the Premier League title race.

Chelsea were able to get a 3-1 victory over Leeds United during the weekend with a crucial goal coming from Giroud. This was his fifth goal in the last two matches, as he was able to get four goals against Sevilla.

The 34-year-old has been in the news of late as a result of his lack of game time. However, he has always delivered when called upon.Owen, though, does not deny that Giroud is capable of scoring goals, but he does not reckoned that Chelsea have a title winner in the Frenchman.

Premier League legend Michael Owen has delivered his verdict on the signing of veteran striker EdinsonCavani at former club Manchester United. Uruguayan international Cavani was one of four new players signed by the Red Devils on the deadline day of the transfer window this summer.

Apart from Edinson Cavani, Manchester United signed Brazilian left-back Alex Telles from FC Porto of Portugal for a reported fee of €15m and the young forward duo of Amad Diallo and Facundo Pellestri. Amad Diallo has completed his transfer to Manchester United from Serie A team Atalanta but he won't join up with his teammates until January. On his part, Uruguayan Pellestri left Penarol FC of Uruguay to sign for the Red Devils.

All the football lovers were staring at the match between Liverpool FC and Everton in the English Premier League on 17th October. Since the match was very crucial for both the teams to get forward in the points table, both the teams started cautiously. But Liverpool lost their victory against Everton was denied by the new age Video Assistant Referee technology.

The brilliant effort towards the end of the match from Jordan Henderson was denied by the referee as they found something unfair in the goal. After this draw, the defending champions remained at the same position where they were before this match. They strongly wanted to beat Everton but failed to do so. Thus Everton remained at the top of the table with a 3 points lead from Liverpool FC.

The former footballer Michael Owen has made predictions on the matches for Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal. He is sure that Liverpool will be finishing off the season with more records and he has predicted Arsenal will be defeated by Liverpool for 2–1. But with Arsenal has won the game for the same score. It seems like City’s 100 points record will not be broken in the current season.

Owen was sure that Gunners will be giving a good fight against Reds but he was confident that his former club would be finishing up things on a positive note. Meanwhile, Mikel Arteta's team was heading confidently to the European league but with the draw from Leicester City and the loss to Tottenham Hotspur has diminished their chances.

Liverpool legend Michael Owen has praised Timo Werner ahead of his proposed move to Chelsea during the summer transfer window. The Germany international has been in stupendous form for RB Leipzig this term and he has bagged of 31 goals and 13 assists from just 42 appearances across all competitions.

He was originally fancied to make the move to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool but the club have decided against making a bid amid the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, the Blues have been offered a clear route to sign the former Stuttgart graduate and they are set to trigger the £53m release clause in his contract.