Manchester United captain Harry Maguire praised the approach of manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for victory at Manchester City.
Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring in just the second minute with a penalty and an impressive Luke Shaw finish doubled the advantage early in the second half, as the Reds brought an end to the Blues' 21-game winning run in all competitions.
"We have brilliant coaches and a brilliant manager and brilliant analysts as well," Maguire told manutd.com after the derby.
“Credit to them because they are the ones who sent us out in that formation and those tweaks when they have the ball. We knew they were going to keep the ball at times and the positions that they find themselves in, they have a lot of possession.
“We've seen that in recent games, so we had to be patient at times, but we had to make sure we kept getting up to the ball, kept getting contact, keep making tackles. I felt that we did that really well.
“For sure we can improve, we can do better in parts of the game. But it's an important win, an important performance after a disappointing trip to London in midweek. Now we have to dust ourselves down and go again. We've got another big game on Thursday."
