Paul Scholes has hailed the efforts of Dylan Levitt, James Garner and Ethan Laird following Manchester United's defeat to Astana in the Europa League on Thursday night.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer named a heavily changed squad for the trip to Kazakhstan with a total of 14 teenagers included in the travelling party for the match.
The Norwegian manager handed out six senior debuts in the defeat with Levitt and Laird both playing the entire 90 minutes at the Astana Arena.
Although United were unable to take any points from the game Scholes admits he was impressed with what he saw and in particular with the commanding midfield display from Garner and Levitt.
"Yeah, I was impressed with some of the lads," Scholes told Robbie Savage’s Premier League Breakfast on BBC Radio 5 Live.
"I think the two lads in centre of midfield Garner and Dylan Levitt were impressive.
"Without being too risky, I thought they kept the game ticking over quite nicely and were in nice control of the game.
"I was impressed with the right back as well. I've not seen much of Laird. I thought he looked good, he looked powerful, he looked strong.
"Ole has done that before, he thinks that if young players are good enough he will give them a chance. Which is good."
