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Cesc Fabregas involved in Twitter spat with Michael Owen as he pulls up the ex-Liverpool and Real Madrid forward after he claimed measuring goals the same as assists is 'b******s' because it is 'far harder' to score

Cesc Fabregas and Michael Owen have clashed on Twitter in an argument over whether providing assists or scoring a goal is harder to do.

The former Chelsea midfielder pulled up Owen after he claimed it is 'b******s' that players today are getting as much credit for an assist as they are for scoring a goal.

Owen, who was a prolific striker during his playing days, started the debate after writing on Twitter: 'People are genuinely giving as much credit to a player's number of assists as they do to the number of goals nowadays.