While the Reds had moved a huge step closer to our Holy Grail with a midweek 2-0 win at Crystal Palace, nobody expected second-placed Aston Villa to slip up at home to Oldham Athletic on Sunday 2 May 1993.
It was the day before United's final home match of the 1992/93 season, on Bank Holiday Monday night against Blackburn Rovers, and there had still been talk that Ferguson's side could collapse under the weight of pressure, just as we had in the previous campaign amid a ridiculous fixture pile-up.
Certainly many United fans were not yet taking anything for granted as Villa began the game that could have taken them to just one point behind the Reds.