The Blades, performing way above expectations in their first season back in the top flight, were not only 2-0 up but cruising and looking comfortable against an out-of-sorts Manchester United.
We desperately needed a flash of inspiration, something to lift the team and the travelling fans, and it arrived from an unlikely source.
Brandon Williams sparked a glorious spell of classic United football – three goals in seven minutes – which turned a two-goal deficit into a 3-2 lead. Furthermore, fellow Academy graduates Mason Greenwood, with his first league strike, and Marcus Rashford also got in on the act.