Wayne Rooney was delighted with his performance after a day of landmarks helped Manchester United to a comfortable 4-2 victory over Stoke City in the English Premier League.
Rooney scored his first goals of the season at Old Trafford - his second the 200th of his career - while also having the distinction of scoring his first ever own goal, which had initially handed Stoke a 1-0 lead.
"It was my first own goal but thankfully we came back from that and managed to go in at the break in the lead, that was great for us," Rooney told the club's official website.
"I think it was a good performance from us. Stoke put a lot of high balls into the box and in the main we dealt with it well. There was just that one slip when I've scored the own goal.
"I was marking Ryan Shawcross and he ran me in there, there were bodies in the way and it (Charlie Adam's free kick) just hit me.
"I think it was important that I moved on from it quickly and didn't let it affect the rest of my game. I think overall we deserved the three points.
"I didn't know I'd reached 200 club goals until after the game. I'm obviously delighted with that."
While Rooney admitted, scoring goals was important for him, the England international stressed on the importance of continuing excelling on the pitch, after again impressing in a deeper role.
"I think as long as I'm playing well it doesn't really concern me that much if I'm not scoring for United," he said. "Obviously as a forward you want to score. I'm delighted to get off the mark and to get amongst the goals. Hopefully there's more to come but if I can keep up my performances, playing well and working well with the team, I'll be happy with that."
Rooney also reserved special praise for Van Persie, who played a perfect cross for him to head in his first goal. "I think when you've got quality like that, someone who can deliver a ball into the box, then you know if you make a run you've got a chance of getting on the end of it," he added. "Thankfully it's a great ball and I've managed to head it home. I think it was a great goal.
"That's the first game we've started together up front and we've both scored. I'm sure it will get better and better, we have to keep working on that -- not just the attacking but the defending side of it as well.
"We're both pleased with the way it's going and when we've also got Danny who's also scored today and Chicharito came on, we've got great attacking options. It's down to the manager to pick from them."
