The 30-year-old centre-back, who stands at a towering six foot six inches, scored for only the third time in three years when he notched the game-opener in the Trotters' 2-2 home draw with the Red Devils.
But the stopper feels, with height in his favour, his name should be gracing the score-sheet on a more regular basis.
"I should score more often," said Knight. "It is my downfall really.
"With my size, I can create problems inside the penalty area.
"I was winding the boys up beforehand, saying I was going to score. But I feel as though I am going to do that every week.
"Hopefully I can start that now. I have set myself a little goal of getting five or six this season.
"That is my first. Hopefully I will get more."
Sam Ricketts stepped into central defence for the suspended Gary Cahill to help Knight try and contain United striking duo Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney at the weekend.
And Knight was satisfied with the job they did, adding: "We felt Berbatov was going to be lively so we tried to put a lot of pressure on him as soon as he got the ball and clamp him down.
"And although we know Wayne Rooney has not hit the form everyone wants you have to give our defenders credit for keeping it that way."
After securing a stalemate against their local rivals, Knight has warned other Premier League clubs not to take the Trotters lightly ahead of Saturday's clash at West Brom.
"I hope people will start to take Bolton seriously," he said. "The standard has been set. Now we must maintain it.
"We are mixing our game up quite well and we have managed to do it against Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester United.
"We have proved we can play football.
"What we need to do now is pick up points against the teams we feel are going to be around us, such as West Brom.
"Everyone is feeling confident so if we can put that performance in at West Brom, we can climb up that table a little bit more."
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