Michael Carrick has highlighted the form of Antonio Valencia in Manchester United's victory over Bayer Leverkusen.

Carrick heaped praise on the night's goalscorers, Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Valencia.

"To have lads like that in your team is brilliant," he said.

"I thought Antonio was immense on Tuesday night as well and to have Wayne and Robin scoring and assisting is fantastic.

"Even if they're maybe not having the best of games they can always come up with something. I thought they played really well on Tuesday."