Wednesday just gone was 22 years since Sylvain Wiltord scored the goal that won us the title at Old Trafford

What is remarkable about this game is just how unremarkable the game was. It came four days after our FA win against Chelsea and we actually if I remember started with Wiltord and Kanu up front

We only needed a draw to win the title, and you’d think United would have gone all out. But they rested Van Nistelrooy and Ferguson only brought him on to rescue the game after they were 1-0 down.

Niggly game, United a few sly fouls just to remind us they were there but whilst we didn’t control the game, United certainly didn’t really put us under any pressure and we never seriously looked like surrendering the lead.

However what’s also of note is that Ferguson has been gone almost 11 years, and only once in that time have we won at OT (well twice including the fa cup game). And given how in that time post Ferguson they’ve finished above us three times in the following eleven seasons….our record there has been a bit of a damp squib.

1 win 4 draws 5 defeats…only one of those defeats have been by more than one goal and that was last season.

But there seems to be a lasting psychological barrier. Regardless of whether winning yields us the title this season (we know that failure to win means failure to win the title becomes a virtual certainty) I think it’s time we put that barrier aside