Owen's injury-time winner gave Manchester United victory in a staggering
seven-goal derby extravaganza against City
The England striker played eight years at arch-rivals
Liverpool, before his career stalled at Real Madrid and Newcastle.
But the 29-year-old, signed on a free transfer this summer by Alex
Ferguson, scored his second goal for the club to seal a 4-3 derby
win.
And asked whether that would confirm hero status with
the Old Trafford faithful, Owen said: "Yes, if there was any doubt
before then maybe.
"It was always going to create noise when I joined but
even if the fans didn't take to me you're never going to pass up an
opportunity to play for team like this."
Despite needing his late intervention to seal all three
points, Owen believes the win was richly deserved. He added: "We
dominated and the lads played well for a lot of the game.
"There were individual mistakes but over the years
before I was here the defence has been fantastic." Two-goal Darren
Fletcher added: "It was an unbelievable match, we showed great
character to come back. "The goals were mistakes but we look at the
positives — we showed character to the end."
