MANCHESTER UNITED legend Wayne Rooney teased Michael Owen with a cheeky dig on Match of the Day.Rooney, 39, and Owen, 45, are two of the greatest England legends following their legendary careers, which also saw them playing as team-mates at United for three years.Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney trolled Michael Owen with a savage digThis comes after Owen claimed he was better than Rooney in an interview with Rio FerdinandHowever, there is an ongoing debate over which one of the iconic strikers was the best breakthrough star as they both took the beautiful game by storm at about 17 years of age.In reply to a recent post asking who was better at that age, Owen laid out the facts as to why he thinks his early years trump Rooney. The legendary centre-forward burst onto the scene back in 1996 with Liverpool and went on to become the second youngest Ballon d’Or winner in 2001 before moving to Real Madrid three years later.Owen tweeted: “At 17 I scored 18 PL goals (winning the Golden Boot), Wazza scored 6.“At 18, I again scored 18 goals (again winning the Golden Boot and coming 4th in The Ballon d’Or), Wazza scored 9.“In our opening 7 seasons, Wazza didn’t outscore me once (117 goals v 80). In which time I became the 2nd youngest Ballon d’Or winner ever. “Injuries hindered me from then on while he sustained his level. Therefore, he’ll go down as a better player than me. But, at 17, please…”A similar topic surfaced on Match of the Day when the panel, which included Rooney, looked at players with 100 Premier League goal involvements and how quickly they got there.CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSOwen tops the charts with 153 games at the age of 22 years and 57 days ahead of Wazza’s 187 games at the age of 22 years and 122 days.And Rooney had quite the cheeky response: “Yeah, I think that clearly shows that Michael was a better player than I was at that age…” Rooney remains Man Utd‘s record scorer with 253 goals in 559 appearances.The striker, who burst onto the scene in 2004 as an Everton player, is also England’s second top scorer with 53 goals in 120 appearances.Owen recently described his “agony” at the fact people don’t remember how good he was.Speaking on the Rio Ferdinand Presents Podcast, Owen explained: “People will have only seen me or remember me in the later years when I’m getting worse and worse and worse and worse and worse.“The agony for me is that nobody remembers. Only a few people remember what I was like when I was ten and 12 and 15 and 18 and maybe up to 22. I was past it and on the way down by 21 or whatever.“That’s the agony because was there another 18-year-old that was anywhere near me at 18? I was light years clear of anything in my age group, anything in England.“You can bring the next kid and the next kid and the next kid and the next one that scores ten goals and everybody’s like: ‘Oh, it’s the next Michael Owen’.“But I was competing against great strikers. Now there’s like four, five good strikers in the Premier League.”Rooney vs Owen before they turned 18Here's a look at how Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney's careers looked before their 18th birthdays...MICHAEL OWENClub apps: 21Club goals: 9Club assists: 5International apps: 0International apps: 0WAYNE ROONEYClub apps: 46Club goals: 9Club assists: 2International apps: 8International apps: 2