Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was full of praise for his Manchester United players after they ended a gruelling schedule with victory at Crystal Palace.
A brace from Romelu Lukaku and Ashley Young’s late strike secured an eighth successive away victory for United as they remained on the hunt for the top four with a 3-1 win at Selhurst Park.
“It’s a great away win,” Solskjaer told Sky Sports.
“After the weekend with Liverpool, and Chelsea and PSG before that I was always wary of this game.
“It was always going to be tough, but we started really well which is always vital when you come to Selhurst Park. We controlled the game really well in the second half.
“You don’t like to concede but it was a chance to see how they reacted, and they reacted fantastically; took the ball, never got flustered, kept going and their third goal was fantastic.”
Solskjaer singled out Luke Shaw and Lukaku for praise after the victory set a new club record for consecutive wins on the road.
Shaw carried on from where he left off against Liverpool with another solid display which laid the foundation for Lukaku’s opener and United’s victory.
“Luke Shaw is in a good vein of form at the moment, he’s hard to stop, is so sharp and quick, and it was a great drive for the first goal,” Solskjaer added.
“That set us up for the rest of the game and allowed us to control the game more.
“Lukaku has been putting a shift in for the team, playing wide right or wide left, doing loads more running than he normally does.
“Today he was a number nine again and he got two goals. Fantastic.”