Two days short of his 40th birthday, Ryan Giggs was named in the Manchester United starting line-up to face Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League.
Phil Jones, Nani and Shinji Kagawa were also included for the Red Devils, who knew victory would take them into the knockout phase with a game to spare.
United face a stern test against a Leverkusen side whose draw with Bayern Munich last month remains they only time Sami Hyypia's men have failed to win at the BayArena this season.
Bayer Leverkusen: Leno, Donati, Spahic, Toprak, Can, Bender, Reinartz, Rolfes, Castro, Kiessling, Son. Subs: Lomb, Stafylidis, Wollscheid, Derdiyok, Hegeler, Kruse, Kohr.
Man Utd: De Gea, Smalling, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra, Giggs, Jones, Valencia, Nani, Kagawa, Rooney. Subs: Lindegaard, Anderson, Hernandez, Young, Welbeck, Cleverley, Buttner.
