Manchester United defender Wes Brown has heaped praise on Jonny Evans for his form this season.

Both players have filled in admirably for first-choice centre-half pairing Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.

Brown told manutd.com: "Jonny's a fantastic player; very strong, good in the air and comfortable on the ball and he's done brilliantly whenever he's played. It's good that when Rio and Vida are out the likes of Jonny and myself can come in and not a lot changes. I think we've got that kind of cover all over the pitch and it's good to know we can still win games when some of our big names are out."