Paul Scholes, Wes Brown and John O'Shea all featured in a strong starting XI, while goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard was handed his first taste of English football.
Reds goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard joked it was all down to his presence between the posts against Sunderland before hailing Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic's contribution.
In Anders Lindegaard, United have signed a goalkeeper bearing a key hallmark of Edwin van der Sar, according to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
There are others too. Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Fabio, Rafael, David DE Gea, Ben Amos, Anders Lindegaard... I could go on and on about the younger players.
