Bruno Fernandes and Erik ten Hag have both hailed the performance of teenage midfielder Kobbie Mainoo in Manchester United\u2019s 3-0 victory over Everton.<\/strong><\/p>\n While fellow youngster Alejandro Garnacho stole the headlines with an outrageous overhead kick to\u00a0open the scoring in Sunday\u2019s win, fans were left equally impressed by Mainoo, who first caught the eye in pre-season before suffering a nasty ankle injury that ruled him out for several months.<\/p>\n The 18-year-old made it back to the bench in recent weeks but was thrown into the starting lineup against Everton for his first outing of the season. What\u2019s more, despite his age, Mainoo did not look out of place as he pulled the strings at the base of Ten Hag\u2019s midfield.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, he is the man of the match,\u201d\u00a0Fernandes\u00a0said after the game. \u201cHe put in a great performance. He is comfortable with the ball and never makes a mistake.<\/p>\n \u201cFor his age, he has so much qualities. He sees things before others.\u201d<\/p>\n Ten Hag\u00a0was equally impressed, adding: \u201cHe has a lot of abilities and it was a really disappointing moment in pre-season when he got so badly injured, for him but also for our team, because I know he can progress a lot if he plays many of such games as today.<\/p>\n \u201cI know young players will develop very quickly and we thought it was the moment to bring him in. We prepared him properly but he did a great job and now he has to build on this.\u201d<\/p>\n Mainoo was making his first appearance of the season \/ Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/GettyImages<\/p>\n United\u00a0great Roy Keane was eager to avoid getting caught up in the excitement but admitted the \u201coutstanding\u201d Mainoo appears set for a bright future with the Red Devils.<\/p>\n \u201cUnbelievable,\u201d he said of Mainoo\u2019s performance during\u00a0Sky Sports<\/em>\u2018 coverage of the game. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to get too carried away but I\u2019m sure we will.<\/p>\n \u201cHe looked like he always had time on the ball today, his decision-making, in terms of when to go long when to go short, in terms of off the ball as well. What an all-round performance.<\/p>\n \u201cThe club obviously think highly of him. With the build-up to the game today, coming to Everton, for the manager to put him in, he and the staff around the place obviously must trust him.<\/p>\n \u201cGood luck to the kid. He was outstanding. It\u2019s a great start for him. Let\u2019s hope he stays injury-free and gets a run of games for Man Utd because he looked a Man Utd type of player. Nice and brave, lots of courage. I loved watching him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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