Christian Eriksen has praised Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes and Antony for their role in Manchester United's 2-0 win against Nottingham Forest.
Although Erik ten Hag made multiple changes in defence, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelof, Harry Maguire and Diogo Dalot starting at the City Ground, the team seemed comfortable and confident from the first whistle.
Forest are fighting to retain the Premier League status, but they struggled to threaten United throughout the first half and Antony opened the scoring in the 32nd minute when Anthony Martial's shot was parried into his direction.
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After half-time, United were relentless with their attacking play and they created plenty of chances, however, they needed another goal to make sure of the result and Dalot found the net with 15 minutes remaining to seal the victory.
United were good value for their 2-0 win and Eriksen, speaking to MUTV, was unsurprisingly delighted with the performance.
"In some moments, we had a lot of chances to really finish the game a lot earlier than we did, but no in general, we felt very confident," he said. "The build-up to the game was different for me, getting told I was starting right before kick-off.
"It was different. It's an unlucky situation because one guy goes off injured and you have to fill in, but I was happy to be back. They [Casemiro and Fernandes] are two exceptional players and they know how to move and play the ball.
"It's easy to fit in, even when you've been away for a while. They help a lot but the team has been really good, so it's easy to slot in. We know when Rashy is out - he's been scoring a lot for us - everyone has to chip in and we had a lot of chances today.
"We could have scored a lot more, but like you say with Antony, he did very well, he's helping the team a lot and to get some more goal and assists, it's perfect."
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