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Premier League title race. Despite the double blow, Pochettino claimed his side produced one of the best performances of his reign.

He added: “After four and a half years, the second half was the best performance I have seen Tottenham play.

“It was amazing and I think David De Gea made 11 saves, which is unbelievable.

“In football, sometimes you deserve to win and don’t and other times, you do not and you win.”

In-form United have now won six successive games under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but the caretaker boss knows he had De Gea to thank for their latest victory.

The Norwegian said: “He is the best keeper in the world.

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“We’ve had some great goalkeepers and he’s challenging Edwin van der Sar and Peter Schmeichel for the No.1 spot historically.

“He should’ve held a few of them! One or two fantastic saves and the rest of it was about concentration.”

Solskjaer is still not thinking about being permanent boss, despite overcoming Pochettino – United’s No.1 choice to take charge next summer.

He said: “This game was never about me and him. For us it’s three points.

“I’m just doing my job every single day until my contract runs out at the end of June.”

Solskjaer claims United can now catch Chelsea in fourth place after closing the gap to six points and has not given up on reeling in Spurs either.

He added: “We had to beat them if we had a chance to catch them. Seven points is catchable – 13 impossible.

“The win here was massive. Results like this against big teams give you confidence.”