Reds On A High For Tricky Week

United will use the euphoria of Saturday's last-gasp win over Wolves to fuel next week's trips to Manchester City and Aston Villa, according to John O'Shea.

Ji-sung Park's stoppage-time strike papered over the cracks of a below-par display from a Reds side decimated by injury and illness, providing a timely boost ahead of a tricky week.

“It was a huge goal,” O’Shea told MUTV. “The way the game ended was just such a high for us. It was a fantastic goal from Ji. He just sucked the defenders in to make the challenges and carried on going and tucked it away in the corner.

“Hopefully we can look on that goal as a very special moment in the season. The focus beforehand was that we needed three points, then we could look forward to the City game. Thankfully we got that, now we recover and focus and hopefully we’ll get a few bodies back.”

The Reds were deprived of several players by a virus which infiltrated Carrington during the week, while Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Paul Scholes all played despite suffering the after-effects of the illness.

O’Shea is hopeful that reinforcements will be on hand for Wednesday’s trip to Eastlands, but conceded that United, injury-hit or not, were fortunate to beat a spirited Wolves side.

“We knew yesterday we might be a few bodies down and then a few more disappeared,” he said. “But we managed to get a team and subs together. When we’re one-nil up we should be able to hold out and finish the game off, even if we’re not playing well.

“But that’s where you have to give credit to Wolves. They came with one upfront but it soon turned into a 4-3-3 when they broke. They played quite a good game and we were fortunate to come up with a fantastic goal to win it for us.

“These things happen and hopefully we’ll have a lot more lads back for the next two games. They’re two tough away games and we’re going into them on a big high.”