PRAGUE. Nov 10: England forward Michael Owen found the net _ within 20 seconds

of coming on as a substitute to ensure Liverpool's UEFA Cup survival against Czech Republic side Slovan Liberec Thursday night, reports AFP.

Anfield chief Gerard HouUier described Owen's great strike with his first touch alter coming on with Just nine minutes left as "one of my very happiest substitutions."

Liverpool had io battle lor their lives in Bohemia, losing their First leg lead early on and finally running out 3-2 winners - 4-2' on aggregate - thanks to gjnis from England stars Nick armby. Emile Heskey and

Houlller salct of Owen: "It was an excellent, clinical finish. When one of your substitutes scores within 20 seconds of coming on. it’s a very' happy substitution from my point of view."

The Frenchman also recalled how Owen has done similar things for England: "1 remember him doing just that when he came on against Belgium, and ot course he did the same to France, but I'm trying to forget that one!

"Substitutions are very important in this sort of game, they can win you the match and change the balance ol the game, and th.Us what Michael did

"He has been recovering from the head injury he got at Derby for the last three weeks, and he's only been back in normal training since Monday.

I didn't feel he was quite ready to start the match, but he made a pretty impressive Impact when he did get on." Houllier accepted that Liverpool didn't play to their full potential, and said: "Some of our players did not reach the levels I want from them.

"But you always know European ties are going to be real fights. Slovan defended heroically. we should have done better with the chances we had. but Slovan gave us a very difficult game.

"They did the same at An-

field. they defend so well and we took a long time to break them down. But we are through and I’m happvwith that

"We had the worst possible start, losing our lead horn the first leg. but we got level veiy quickly and finally managed to claim the goals to end their battle

"All the goals came from my England players, and that makes me very proud to say that."

UEFA CUP 3’“’ ROUND LINEUP

Teams that have qualified lor the 3rd round ol the UEFA Cup, the draw for which will be made Friday in Geneva:-

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Bavet Leverkusen (Ger).

Hamburg (Ger). Glasgow Rangers (Seo). Barcelona (Spa). Ohinpiakos (Gre). Rosenborg (Noil. PSV Eindhoven (Ned). Donetsk (Ukr).

Qualified jrom UEFA Cup 2nd round

1860'Munich (Ger). Hertha Berlin (Ger). Werder Bremen (Ger). Stuttgart (Ger). Kaiser-slautern (Ger). FC Brugge (B. ll.NK Osijek (Cro). Liverpool (Eng). Espauyol (Spa). Rayo Vallecano (SpaI. Alavrs Vitoria (Spa). Crlta Vigo (Spa). Bordeaux (Fra). Nantes (Fra). AEK Athenes (Gk I. PACK Salonika (Gre). Inter Milan (Ila). AS Roma (Itai. Parma (Ila). FC Porto (Por). Feycnoord (Ned). * Lokomotiv Moscow (Rus). Lausanne (Swi). Slavia Prague (Cze).