Largie Ramazani scored a goal in each half and Ethan Galbraith chipped in with the other just before half-time.
There was a steady drizzle irrigating the scene as the game got under way with a small, but nonetheless enthusiastic, gathering of supporters in the lower tier of the Sir Alex Ferguson Stand and about half as many in the directors’ box.
One of whom was Reds manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who was obviously taking the opportunity to run the rule over the next batch of starlets coming off the production line.
And he cannot have failed to have been impressed in the opening twenty minutes or so.