JUST when Kevin Keegan required a suitable diversion to deflect attention away from the myriad deficiencies affecting his newly-inherited team, Michael Owen leapt towards the heavens to buy the self-styled Geordie Messiah invaluable time.

Sky Sports' saturated Premiership coverage goes thermo-nuclear tomorrow at Old Trafford. And central to it all will be football's favourite pundit, Andy Gray. He spoke to Liam Mackey.