Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has described the feeling of hitting his famous overhead winner against Manchester City.

In an extract of his new book 'Wayne Rooney: My decade in the Premier League', which is being serialised by The Mirror, the 26-year-old forward explains what it feels like to score such an important goal.

He says: "Bang! Everything goes dead mad, dead quick.

"Then that feeling kicks in - an unbelievable feeling of ­satisfaction I get from scoring a goal in the Premier League. Like the sensation I get when I've smashed a golf ball flush off the face of the club and watched it trickle on to the green.

"It's a high, a mad rush of power. It's a wave of emotion - but it takes me over like nothing else.

"This feeling of putting one away for Manchester United is huge. If I could bottle the buzz, I'd make the best energy drink ever.

"A heartbeat later and I'm at normal speed again, I'm coming round. Everything's in focus: the sound, a roar loud enough to hurt my ears, the aching in my legs, the sweat running down my neck, the mud on my kit.

"The crowd are singing my name: 'Rooney, Rooney, Rooooo-neeee! And there's no better feeling in the world. Then I look up and see the scoreboard:

"FEBRUARY 12, 2011: United 2 City 1

"GOAL! Rooney, 77 minutes

"Who I am and what I've done comes back to me in a rush, a hit, like a boxer coming round after a sniff of smelling salts."