Solskjaer hails his Man Utd players after derby triumph: Martial my MOM

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8 Mar 2021 • 5:48 AM MYT
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Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was proud of his players after their 2-0 win 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.

Solskjaer was delighted, particularly for Anthony Martial, and said: "It is fantastic. The start of course sets the tone for the game and after one minute we have a penalty and a goal. After being positive!

"Anthony gets the ball and looks forward, he drives inside the box. Be positive, that's what we want from our players. I am delighted for everyone and especially Anthony, who has had a hard time. I thought he was Man of the Match.

"Yeah he [Martial] was superb today. He was a doubt before the game and Luke was a doubt before the game, the two of them - what a performance by the whole team, but especially the two of them when you think they had to do the warm-up before they could say to me they were alright to go.

"I am very happy with them and it just shows that we are getting more and more robust, more resilient to little things that maybe before that been 'oh no I can't'. We needed them, the team needed them and they knew. I am delighted with the attitude because in games like this you don't belong to yourself anymore, you belong to Man United. You go out there and do your best for Man United."

On the early penalty, he continued: "It sets the tone for the game a little bit and I thought the first 10 to 15 minutes were excellent. We were on the front foot, pressing, making them make mistakes and I thought the tempo was really high. They settled into the possession and pushed us back too much for my liking, and we gave the ball away too much, but still we got to half-time and we could adjust that a little bit, be more positive, don't think about the result, just have a good performance and win the second half as well."