Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will quickly withdraw new hero Federico Macheda from the spotlight after the Italian's superb winner against Aston Villa last night. "His whole contribution was fantastic from the minute he arrived," declared the manager. "He made some penetrative runs and was a threat all the time; I actually thought he could have had a penalty when he went for header not long after he came on.

"I said well done to him afterwards, but he'll need to keep his feet on the ground because he'll get a lot of publicity over the next few days and he'll need to handle that."