Alejandro Garnacho perfectly sums up Kobbie Mainoo after Man Utd's FA Cup win at Wigan

Kobbie Mainoo produced another accomplished performance as Manchester United booked their place in the FA Cup fourth round with a 2-0 win away to Wigan Athletic.

And fellow young team-mate Alejandro Garnacho made a point of singling the academy graduate out for praise afterwards. Mainoo, 18, has now made a dozen first-team appearances under Erik ten Hag and Garnacho published a story on Instagram that carried a simple message via the medium of emoji.

Accompanying a picture of them both applauding supporters at full-time, the Argentinean tagged Mainoo with star and boy emojis - a nod to the moniker now bestowed upon several breakthrough talents, including Arsenal ’s Bukayo Saka.

Ten Hag has previously said Mainoo’s age does not matter once he is capable of producing the goods in games. "If you are good enough, you are old enough and he proved that,” Ten Hag said last month. “When he gets used more often to those games, we will get even more joy from it. Because then his scanning and his speed of action, he can get such passes, three or four passes in and get switches in, and he is the player who can really hurt opponents."

In total, eight players - including veteran Jonny Evans - from United’s academy appeared on the DW Stadium pitch. But Ten Hag admitted United should have scored more goals but it was the result that mattered most. Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes struck either side of half time to ensure no upset against the League One side.

"The FA Cup is all about winning. It’s a knockout. If you have to replay [the tie], it’s two games, but you want to finish the job and that’s exactly the words I used in the dressing room: ‘Job done’,” Ten Hag said.

"We created in the first half five or six very good chances. It was, I