Federico Macheda sent Manchester United back to the top of the table with an injury time winner against Aston Villa at Old Trafford.
The 18-year-old Italian made his United debut when he came off the bench after 60 minutes in place of Nani and spectacularly turned and fired home in the third minute of stoppage time.
Villa started the game brightly and seemed determined to put their recent poor form behind them but that did not stop them from going behind when Cristiano Ronaldo profited from an indirect free-kick after Brad Friedel picked up James Milner's back pass on 14 minutes.
Martin O'Neill's side were not perturbed and got a deserved equaliser when John Carew headed home when free in the box on the half hour mark.
Things got better for Villa when Gabriel Agbonlahor ended his goal draught by nodding past Edwin Van der Sar 13 minutes after the break.
Ronaldo then grabbed his second of the game when he drilled a low left footed shot from the edge of the area into the bottom right hand corner with ten minutes remaining.
But United weren't done there and Macheda earned a valuable three points deep into injury time.
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Manchester United v Aston Villa
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