Manchester United loanees Shola Shoretire, Ethan Laird and Hannibal Mejbri were all in action on Saturday for their respective clubs as we start to head towards the business end of the campaign.
Shoretire made his switch to League One side Bolton Wanderers this week and he made his first appearance for Ian Evatt's club away to Derby County.
Laird's QPR hosted Swansea City at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium while Hannibal's Birmingham City team welcomed Preston North End to the West Midlands. MEN Sport has taken a look at how the trio all got on this weekend.
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Shola Shoretire
Unfortunately for Shoretire, the United winger was on the wrong end of a 2-1 defeat at Pride Park as the Greater Manchester side travelled to Derbyshire. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing gave the Rams the lead after 16 minutes to give Paul Warne's men the advantage.
Evatt introduced Shoretire just after the hour mark but nine minutes after his introduction, Derby had made it two through Conor Hourihane. Kieran Sadlier scored deep in stoppage time but it was a mere consolation for Bolton.
After the match, Evatt shared his excitement at Shoretire joining his club. He said to The Bolton News: "I am certainly very excited about working with him.
"We have done a lot of due diligence on him, what we think he can bring to the team. He has been around the United first-team squad since he was a very, very young man.
"They think highly of him and he is super-talented. You very rarely see a player of his age have the game intelligence he has, playing 360 degrees."
Ethan Laird
Ethan Laird had to come off injured before half-time for QPR. With the 21-year-old off the pitch, the Swans equalised late on through Jay Fulton.
Speaking after the match to West London Sport, QPR boss Neil Critchley opened up on the extent of Laird's injury. He explained: "Ethan went off with a hamstring injury, which was obviously serious enough for him to have to go off, and we really missed him as well because he was really good for us."
Hannibal Mejbri
Hannibal capped off an underwhelming afternoon at St Andrew's as Birmingham fell to defeat against Preston North End. Ryan Ledson and Alan Browne had given the Lilywhites an early two-goal lead in the West Midlands before United's young midfielder received a booking in the 32nd minute.
By the 62nd minute, Hannibal had been substituted for Juninho Bacuna. With the Tunisian off the pitch, Lukas Jutkiewicz scored to give the Blues hope but Birmingham would ultimately fall to defeat.
Fellow United loanee Alvaro Fernandez was an unused substitute for Preston during the clash.
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