Solskjaer hails De Gea after win over Spurs

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lauded David De Gea after a breathtaking display at Tottenham that underlined to the Manchester United caretaker manager that he has the “best goalkeeper in the world”.

Yesterday’s encounter between the two bookmakers’ favourites to permanently succeed Jose Mourinho as Red Devils boss lived up to the billing at Wembley, where Marcus Rashford’s sublime firsthalf strike sealed a 1-0 win against Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs.

It extended Solskjaer’s winning start to a club-record sixth successive match in all competitions, but the main subject of conversation afterwards was De Gea.

After a quiet opening

“We had a fantastic goalkeeper, obviously”

period, the United goalkeeper pulled off 11 saves in an exceptional second-half display that earned plaudits aplenty.

“Obviously it’s a tough venue to come to,” Solskjaer said after the win.

“Spurs are flying at the moment – they score goals, they’ve got some fantastic players and we defended really well.

“We had a fantastic goalkeeper, obviously.”

Meanwhile, Tottenham will nervously wait to find out the extent of Harry Kane’s ankle injury, with boss Mauricio Pochettino admitting he is “worried”.

Kane received treatment at the end of yesterday’s game and walked off extremely gingerly.

“I think I am worried because we will see what happens with Harry Kane,” Pochettino said.