"WE Can't win with kids in the field...." Manchester United proved they cannot win by using their younger players after losing to Bournemouth!!

Manchester United proved they can no longer win with their kids when they fell to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Bournemouth.

Louis van Gaal named United's sixth youngest ever Premier League team on Saturday as he was forced to turn to youth in the absence of nine-first team stars.

Inexperienced defender Guillermo Varela and Cameron Borthwick-Jackson were joined by fellow youngsters Paddy McNair, Jesse Lingard, Memphis Depay and Anthony Martial in Van Gaal's starting line-up, which had an average age of 24 years, 131 days.

Here, Sportsmail takes a look at the five youngest starting line-ups to feature in a Premier League match for the Red Devils.

Cameron Borthwick-Jackson made his full Manchester United debut in his side's defeat by Bournemouth

Manchester United 3-1 Chelsea (18/09/2011)

Average age: 24 years, 119 days

Starting line-up: David de Gea; Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra; Nani, Darren Fletcher, Anderson, Ashley Young, Javier Hernandez, Wayne Rooney

A 20-year-old David de Gea started in goal for the then-Premier League champions Manchester United, while youngsters Phil Jones and Chris Smalling were trusted in defence. Anderson was just 23, while Nani was still two months shy of his 25th birthday.

Smalling, Nani and Wayne Rooney scored for United in a 3-1 win at Old Trafford but the game will be remembered for Fernando Torres' open-goal horror miss.




David de Gea was signed by Manchester United in the summer of 2011 at the tender age of 20

Manchester United 3-1 Hull City (06/05/2014)

Average age: 24 years, 82 days

Starting line-up: David de Gea; Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Alexander Buttner; Tom Lawrence, Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini, Adnan Januzaj; Shinji Kagawa, James Wilson

Caretaker manager Ryan Giggs decided to give youth a chance by calling on the services of James Wilson and Tom Lawrence.

Wilson, then 18, repaid the faith by scoring a brace before being replaced in the 64th minute. The United striker is currently on loan at Brighton, while the aforementioned Lawrence joined Leicester in September 2014.




James Wilson scored a brace for Manchester United during Ryan Giggs' caretaker reign at the club

Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal (28/08/2011)

Average age: 23 years, 197 days

Starting line-up: David de Gea; Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra; Nani, Anderson, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Young; Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck

Manchester United eased to an 8-2 victory against Arsenal at Old Trafford with summer signing Ashley Young stealing the show.

Tom Cleverley, aged 22 at the time, impressed in a two-man midfield with Anderson, while Welbeck was 20.

Jones and Smalling were still trying to live up to expectations following moves from Blackburn and Fulham respectively.




Danny Welbeck opened the scoring for Manchester United – he joined Arsenal in September 2014

Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham (22/08/2011)

Average age: 23 years, 191 days

Starting line-up: David de Gea; Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra; Nani, Anderson, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Young; Wayne Rooney, Danny Welbeck

Sir Alex Ferguson really did trust youth at the start of the 2011-12 season, didn't he?

The Manchester United boss chose to keep the same side which beat Tottenham 3-0 at Old Trafford for their next match against Arsenal.

That side were pipped to the Premier League title by Manchester City due to a late goal by a certain Sergio Aguero.




A young Anderson celebrates after scoring against Tottenham in what was a relatively young United side

Hull City 0-1 Manchester United (24/05/2009)

Average age: 23 years, 177 days

Starting line-up: Tomasz Kuszczak; Rafael, Neville, Brown, De Laet; Nani, Fletcher, Gibson, Martin; Welbeck, Macheda

With the league title wrapped up and a Champions League final against Barcelona just three days away, Ferguson decided to ring the changes against Hull.

The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney were rested for their side's season finale at the KC Stadium.

Rafael (18), Ritchie De Laet (20), Lee Martin (22) and Federico Macheda (17) all started in United's 1-0 win. Everton's Darron Gibson, then 21, scored United's only goal of the game.

De Laet is now at Leicester, Rafael is plying his trade at Lyon while Martin and Macheda are in the Football League with Millwall and Cardiff respectively.




Sir Alex Ferguson barks out instructions to his young United side ahead of the 2009 Champions League final

PS Sportsmail's Jamie Redknapp has said the United side which faced Bournemouth was the worst he had ever seen.

The Red Devils were also incredibly poor in the 2004-05 campaign when they finished third. Ronaldo and Rooney were yet to hit dizzying heights and their midfield was lacking quality.

They opened the campaign against Chelsea with the following players: Howard; G.Neville, Keane, Silvestre, O'Shea; Giggs, Miller, Djemba-Djemba, Scholes, Fortune; Smith

Subs used: Richardson, Bellion, Forlan

They also crashed out of the Champions League stage the following season as they finished bottom in a group containing Benfica, Lille and Villarreal.

Here's how they started against Lille, United went out in group stage: Van der Sar; Bardsley, Ferdinand, O'Shea, Silvestre; Ronaldo, Fletcher, Smith, Giggs; Scholes; Van Nistelrooy

Sub used: Ji-Sung Park




Cristiano Ronaldo looks dejected during Manchester United's final group game in Portugal against Benfica



Credits: Mail online





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