David de Gea has praised Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford for breaking the deadlock for Manchester United on Sunday afternoon.
Although United and Leeds were evenly matched throughout the game, with both sides lacking quality, Marcus Rashford was able to break the deadlock in the 80th minute before substitute Alejandro Garnacho made sure of the three points.
Rashford has now scored 21 goals in all competitions, which means he's just one goal short of equalling his best-ever tally of 22 goals from the 2019/20 season, despite the halfway point of the current campaign only recently passing.
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After the match, De Gea heaped the praise on Shaw, who produced the assist for the opening goal with an excellent cross, and Rashford, the goalscorer with a strong header, for their role in securing a 'special win' at Elland Road.
"It was everything, from the beginning of the game, we knew we'd come to a very difficult pitch, but we fought until the end," De Gea told MUTV when asked if determination and resilience were the key qualities in the match.
"We knew the first 10 minutes of both halves were massive, so keep a clean sheet, big for us, and then we score two goals. It's a special game and a special win. We knew the first goal was important and it was a perfect cross from Luke Shaw.
"He is playing very well and then Rashy, who is on fire, is scoring lots of goals, helping the team, running, pressing and I think he's playing at the top level, so a massive goal for us and then we controlled the game.
"We could have scored another couple of goals."
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