▁in ▁mind , ▁Alex ▁Fer g us on ▁opt ed ▁for ▁a ▁mix ▁of ▁youth ▁and ▁experience ▁for ▁the ▁Le eds ▁match ; ▁the ▁mid field ▁quart et ▁of ▁Gabriel ▁O bert an , ▁Dar ron ▁Gib son , ▁Anderson ▁and ▁D anny ▁Wel beck ▁had ▁an ▁average ▁age ▁of ▁almost ▁ 2 1 , ▁while ▁Gary ▁Ne ville ▁and ▁Wes ▁Brown ▁started ▁in ▁defence ▁with ▁Wayne ▁Ro oney ▁and ▁Dim itar ▁Ber bat ov ▁up ▁front . ▁United ▁went ▁into ▁the ▁game ▁ 4 3 ▁places ▁above ▁their ▁oppon ents ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁system ▁and ▁started ▁on ▁the ▁front ▁foot ; ▁however , ▁it ▁was ▁Le eds ▁who ▁opened ▁the ▁scoring ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁minute , ▁when ▁a ▁long ▁ball ▁forward ▁found ▁Jer ma ine ▁Beck ford , ▁who ▁held ▁off ▁Wes ▁Brown ▁before ▁pok ing ▁the ▁ball ▁past ▁Tom asz ▁K usz cz ak ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁goal . ▁In ▁search ▁of ▁an ▁equal iser , ▁Manchester ▁United ▁had ▁two ▁penalty ▁appe als ▁turned ▁down ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁and ▁both ▁Ro oney ▁and ▁Michael ▁O wen ▁missed ▁the ▁target ▁from ▁close ▁range , ▁but ▁the ▁goal ▁never ▁came ▁and ▁the ▁match ▁finished ▁ 1 – 0 ▁to ▁Le eds , ▁their ▁first ▁win ▁at ▁Old ▁Tra ff ord ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 1 . ▁The ▁result ▁meant ▁that ▁United ▁had ▁been ▁elimin ated ▁from ▁the ▁FA ▁Cup ▁at ▁the ▁third ▁round ▁stage ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁under ▁the ▁management ▁of ▁Alex ▁Fer g us on ▁–