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Teenage hero hands United vital win

Seventeen-year-old Federico Macheda sent Manchester United into orbit with a last-gasp winner to hand the Red Devils a dramatic 3-2 victory over Aston Villa

Villa looked certain victors once John Carew and Gabriel Agbonlahor had overturned Cristiano Ronaldo's opener.

But Macheda's arrival changed the course of the game. Ronaldo brought United level 10 minutes from time before the young Italian turned onto Ryan Giggs' pass and produced a brilliant finish.