Manchester United 4 - 0 Aston Villa @ Old Trafford 30th March 2008

Martin O' Neil, over the years, has been speculated as the next replacement for Sir Alex Ferguson but somehow it never worked out.

Fergie insisted he could go on in United, and O' Neil well, went to Aston Villa instead.

O'Neil managed to transform a weak Villa side to one of the top clubs in the league and they have been gunning for Europe each season. Usually they are a tough side to break down as they have strong defenders but somehow today, it took more than strong defenders and a good goalkeeper to stop the United attack.

In a somewhat surprising tactic, the first team squad was on the pitch! Seeing that the Champion's League game against Roma was coming up, I thought a few would be rested but Fergie proved me wrong!

The match started out well balanced as both clubs attacked from both ends causing a nervy 15minutes. Somehow both keepers on both ends were fantastic and shots were saved and some diverted for corners by the defenders.

But with the gulf of class United have on the pitch, it took 17minutes for the wonderboy, Ronaldo to score. But it wasn't any shot as he practically back passed the ball into the net! Creativity? YES! Showboating? YES! Genius? DEFINITELY! no matter what people say, Ronaldo is a different player alltogether. No one can compare him to any other players as he is always 1 step ahead of them and is seeking to break records set by legends at this young age!

10minutes later, Ronaldo showed his unselfishness by crossing in a beautiful cross right into the flying head of Carlos Tevez! 2-0 in 37minutes and it looks like Aston Villa is out of the game!

After the half, United looked to extend their lead, and they did just that! Rooney who was on a goal draught, finally broke his duck and scored his 1st goal after countless of matches. The game looked set and Fergie took off Ferdinand Evra and Carrick because of injuries and replaced them with Hargreaves, O'Shea and Anderson. With the new players, United set up another goal for Rooney who was delighted and seeked for his hat trick.

Sadly, Rooney was denied his hat trick with numerous offside calls and the match ended with United 4-0 and a having a huge confidence boost for the next match!