Michael Owen took a hammering on twitter last night as he posted a picture trying to congratulate the young Tennis player Emma Raducanu for winning the BBC Sports Personality of the Year away. What a year the young woman had in winning the US Open and getting to the fourth round of Wimbledon and well done her a bright future ahead surely.

To mark the occasion Michael Owen decided to post a picture of himself winning the same away back in 1998 when he was of a similar age. Some of the replies underneath this are just top notch, people clearly took objection to the former Liverpool striker making Raducanu achievement about himself…

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https://twitter.com/eddieroscoe/status/1472704614004928516

Congratulations Emma, here’s a picture of my dog after winning his first British amateur canine boxing title in 2006. pic.twitter.com/0s6ZYF2tJi

— Alex Amor (@Alex__Amor) December 20, 2021

Well done Emma. In keeping with the thread, here's me drinking advocaat over the weekend… pic.twitter.com/Ono9ny7rzx

— Dan Brightmore (@ohdannyboy84) December 20, 2021

https://twitter.com/HINDSON87/status/1472938715848884227

https://twitter.com/LeighBryan/status/1473208192465354759

Same energy. pic.twitter.com/Ft76yUevaZ

— Al (@mcdon_al) December 20, 2021