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 Injure Owen in doubt for Sweden friendly
    March 26 2004 at 11:33AM Get IOL on your
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London - Striker Michael Owen may miss England's friendly international against Sweden next week after picking up a hamstring injury in Liverpool's Uefa Cup tie at Olympique Marseille on Thursday.

The 24-year-old was substituted in the second half of the 2-1 defeat at the Stade Velodrome, which resulted in Liverpool being knocked out of the competition 3-2 on aggregate.

Owen, who has struggled with injury problems throughout this season and returned from a six-week lay-off caused by a thigh muscle injury in January, is also a doubt for his club's premier league match at Leicester City on Sunday.

"Michael has a hamstring problem. He just felt it and so we took him off. We don't know yet how bad it is," Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier told the club's website.
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England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson names his squad on Saturday for the Euro 2004 warm-up match in Gothenburg next Wednesday and the Swede will be concerned at an injury to his top striker with less than three months to go before the finals.

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