BBC Sport pundit Garth Crooks has praised the 'tremendous amount of courage' Steve Bruce showed to start Matty Longstaff against Manchester United.
The 19-year-old Newcastle United academy graduate capped his Premier League debut with the winning goal and a man-of-the-match display as the Magpies secured a 1-0 win.
Heading into the game Newcastle were in the relegation zone and pressure was increasing on Bruce after a worrying start to the season.
The 58-year-old made five changes to the side that were thrashed 5-0 by Leicester last weekend and while Allan Saint-Maximin, Jetro Willems, DeAndre Yedlin and Ciaran Clark all made an impact themselves, it was Longstaff's contribution that was most telling.
Unsurprisingly, Longstaff - who became the youngest ever player to score on his Premier League debut - was named in Crooks' Premier League Team of the Week but it was Bruce who won the most of the former Tottenham star's praise.
"This was a massive win for Newcastle and Steve Bruce in particular," Crooks wrote in his weekly column.
"It was his first managerial win over Manchester United and he called on a young 19-year-old local Geordie lad to do it.
"Matthew Longstaff is the kid. Remember the name. It is not often a manager takes up most of the column inches in my report but on this occasion Bruce deserves it.
"It takes a tremendous amount of courage for a manager to give a young lad his debut against Manchester United when points are in desperate need. Not only did the kid deliver, he scored the winning goal.
"This could have turned out very badly for Bruce, but instead it turned out extremely badly for United and their manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer."
