sport football teams newcastle-united 8463024 ----- # Manchester United's Michael Owen blasts Newcastle fans for booing him during goalless draw at St James' Park ## Manchester United striker Michael Owen has expressed his disappointment at being booed by Newcastle fans during last night's goalless draw and claims if he'd known the feeling of resentment against him was that bad he would have left the club a lot sooner. ![Manchester United's Michael Owen blasts Newcastle fans for booing him during goalless draw at St James' Park][1] Hot reception: Michael Owen was not warmly welcomed after coming on Photo: AP By Telegraph staff 11:03AM BST 20 Apr 2011 [Comments][2] Owen, who joined Newcastle from Real Madrid for £16 million in 2005, eventually left in 2009 after four injury-hit years, unable to prevent the club being relegated to the Championship. That summer he signed for **[United][3]** on a free transfer. However, as far as Owen was concerned, there had never been any suggestion of animosity between himself and the **[Newcastle][4]** supporters. Although he expected some booing, as is traditional when a footballer returns to play against his former club, the 31 year-old voiced his shock at the amount of negative feeling fired in his direction when he came on as an 81st-minute substitute. Owen tweeted: "From what most of you Newcastle fans are saying you should be pleased I left the club! If i had known that earlier I could have left sooner! He added: "Got a poor reception off the home fans which was disappointing. Was desperate to score! "Knew I would get booed as that's what a lot of fans do but if they knew the facts then they may have a different opinion. ## Related Articles * [Ferguson: Hernandez is no cheat][5] 20 Apr 2011 * [United target Neuer ready to leave Schalke][6] 20 Apr 2011 * [Newcastle 0 Manchester United 0][7] 19 Apr 2011 * [Misfiring Berbatov on borrowed time at United][8] 19 Apr 2011 * [Hernandez caught in dive row][9] 20 Apr 2011 * [Barton blows it after blowing own trumpet][10] 19 Apr 2011 "For the record, I tried my best in every game for Newcastle. Under KK (Kevin Keegan) I played well and i'll never forget the 2 I scored against Sunderland (on 20 April 2008). "When I meet Newcastle or Liverpool fans they all respect what I've done for their clubs. In stadiums it changes, 1 boo and the rest follow. "By the way, im not looking for sympathy. As long as my family don't boo me when I walk through the door I couldn't care less!!!" The 0-0 draw was a major blow to United's hopes of significantly increasing their lead over nearest rivals Arsenal in the Premier League title race. United are now seven points clear but Arsene Wenger's side have a game in hand and play Tottenham tonight at White Hart Lane. A win would narrow the gap to four points with five games to play. Owen added: "Disappointing result but credit to Newcastle, they played well and put us under plenty of pressure especially in the first half an hour." [X][11] Share & bookmark Delicious Facebook Google Messenger Reddit Twitter Digg Fark LinkedIn Google Buzz StumbleUpon Y! 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