Soccer:Alex Ferguson has left experienced midfield trio Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Michael Carrick out Manchester United's squad for their Champions League clash with CFR Cluj tomorrow night.

The Red Devils, who suffered a shock 3-2 home defeat the hands of Tottenham in the Premier League on Saturday evening, have named several youngsters in their 21-man travelling party.

Carrick's goal ensured Ferguson's side beat Galatasaray 1-0 in their opening Group H encounter and they will be keen to build on that success in Romania, with their opponents currently top of the standings after a 2-0 success away to Braga.

There was some good news for Ferguson with Jonny Evans available despite taking a knock in the closing stages against Spurs, with Nemanja Vidic, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones all remaining on the sidelines through injury.

Evans and Rio Ferdinand are expected to be paired in the centre of defence, while Michael Keane and Scott Wootton have been included as cover.

Antonio Valencia (ankle) and Ashley Young (knee) will not feature, meaning Darren Fletcher, Jesse Lingard, Nick Powell and Ryan Tunnicliffe are among Ferguson's midfield options.

If they can return to England with maximum points, they will have one foot into the knockout stages, and that at least would be one objective for the season completed after last season’s unexpected exit at the group phase.

“The Champions League is completely different to the Premier League,” said Wayne Rooney. “If you are not at your best you get punished, which is what happened to us last season.

“We have to make sure that won’t happen again this year so this is a big game for us. Hopefully we will get a win which will put us in a good position to go through so early on in the group.”

Manchester United squad: De Gea, Lindegaard; Buttner, Evans, Evra, Ferdinand, M. Keane, Rafael, Wootton; Anderson, Cleverley, Fletcher, Lingard, Nani, Powell, Tunnicliffe; Hernandez, Kagawa, Rooney, van Persie, Welbeck.