With our UEFA Europa League qualification already secured, the manager left regular skippers Ashley Young, Harry Maguire and David De Gea at home as he named a youthful travelling squad.
Lingard was the most senior outfield player in the group and, as a proud lifelong United supporter, the 26-year-old was given the honour of captaining the side against Astana in Kazakhstan.
Incredibly, Jesse led a starting XI in Nur-Sultan that had an average age of 22 years and 26 days, which is the youngest the club has ever named for a match in major European competition.
Tonight, a boyhood dream came true for me.