Yes !!!!!!!!

As sheer drama and edge-of-the-seat finger-nail biting nerves go, Man United's 3-2 win against Aston Villa today was right there at the top of the charts.

Not quite at the absolute top (that would be reserved for injury time/penalty Champions League winning nights), but certainly reminiscent of the jangling nerves suffered in the 92/93 season when Steve Bruce scored two late goals against Sheffield Wednesday - a game which proved decisive in Man United winning their first Premier League title (I still remember where I watched that game).

Step forward United's latest kid hero, Federico Macheda.

Hitherto unknown, Kiko Macheda's name will now elicit groans of despair among Liverpool supporters. To make the subsitute's bench must have been a thrill for this 17-year old. To get on the field would certainly have been unimaginable given how crucial this game was in United's bid to retain their Premier League title. To score the winning goal is the stuff that dreams are made of. And that's exactly what he did ! In the 93rd minute, no less !

There are some games which you just know are going to be remembered in Man United's history. This is one of them.

Look at it this way : It's been 15-20 years since Steve Bruce scored against Sheffield Wednesday and Mark Robins scored against Norwich City but those games are still regularly quoted when Man United are mentioned. So will this game and Federico Macheda's goal in it. It remains to be seen whether it will be quoted in the context of a title winning season. If it is so, you can bet that Macheda will still be remembered by the Man United fans in 20 years time.

ps. Sublime piece of skill to create the space for the shot and sublime shot for the goal.

pps. With Danny Welbeck coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute, Sir Alex had a 17-year old and an 18-year old as his stikers at a time when United wanted a goal. There have been a few recent articles about how United has more strength in depth compared to Liverpool - I'm pretty certain that the columnists were not thinking of Danny Welbeck and Federico Macheda.

ppps. These two guys would be considered young for reserve team football let alone leading the line for the first team in such a crucial game. I guess it just shows how dire United's situation is with regard to strikers at the moment.