Paul Scholes headed the winner in the last seconds of the Manchester derby to give United hope the in defence of their English Premier League title – and deal City a body blow in their chase for fourth place.
The veteran midfielder met Patrice Evra cross to angle a header just inside Shay Given's left-hand post with 17 seconds of injury time left as Alex Ferguson's side took home a 1-0 win from Eastlands.
City will hope leaders Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur in Saturday's late match if they are to hold on to their one-point advantage in the fourth European Champions League spot.
United's win puts the Reds on 76 points, one behind Chelsea having played a game more.
A tame nil-nil draw had seemed the only outcome as Ryan Giggs and a half-fit Wayne Rooney missed the best chances.
City had their own misfiring forward in the shape of Craig Bellamy, but the points could have gone to the blue half of Manchester had a goalmouth scramble with five minutes left fallen kindly to Nedum Onuoha or Carlos Tevez.
"I think we were the team that was pressing to score that last goal and we were lucky enough to win the game," former England star Scholes told Sky Sports.
"To win any game against City away from home is nice but it's all about the points."
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