Darron Gibson led the charge of the youth brigade as Manchester United marched into the Carling Cup semi-finals.

The Irishman told Sky Sports:  ”It was a good team performance following last week. We bounced back and the young lads did well. We didn’t go out to try and prove anything. Sometimes you have bad days and today was a good day.”

Ferguson praised Gibson’s performance and revealed the youngsters will get another chance in the semi-finals.

“He did well”, said the Scotsman. “The second goal particularly, the movement and working off the ball was good and a terrific finish. Gibson and Anderson did very well in the middle of the park. We’re two games away from Wembley, that’s good. We’ll enjoy the semi-final and these lads will play again.”

UNITED:
Kuszczak, Neville, Brown, Vidic, De Laet, Obertan (Carrick), Gibson, Anderson (Tosic), Park, Welbeck, Berbatov (Macheda)
Subs:
Owen, Giggs, Tosic, Carrick, Fletcher, Macheda, Amos

Tottenham:
Gomes, Hutton, Bassong, Dawson, Bale, Bentley, Palacios (Huddlestone), Jenas, Lennon, Keane (Crouch), Defoe
Subs:
Walker, Huddlestone, Pavlyuchenko, Crouch, Naughton, Corluka, Rose

Goals:
Darron Gibson ‘16, Darron Gibson ‘38