Harry Maguire praised Paul Pogba for his 'excellent' defensive work during Manchester United's win over Wolves on Tuesday night.
Marcus Rashford struck in second-half stoppage time to secure a 1-0 win for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side as they climbed to second place in the Premier League table.
It had looked as though United were set to share the spoils with Wolves after a cagey encounter at Old Trafford in which neither side created many clear-cut scoring opportunities.
Maguire was delighted to get another clean sheet under his belt and reserved special praise for Pogba's contribution to the win.
"Well it was important we had great protection from Nemanja and Paul - who I thought was excellent as well in the defensive work," Maguire told MUTV. "In the second-half he did some great tackles as well.
"It was an all-around defensive performance really. I think defensively we were pretty solid and sound. There were a couple of counter-attacks in the first-half, but we adjusted it at half-time and I think we nailed it in the second-half.
"We lacked that little bit of tempo, not just the forward lads, but us defensive lads that are playing the balls through the lines and finding Bruno. We couldn't quite grasp that tonight, but it is important to stay in the game and wait for your moment. Last year in games like this we would probably go pushing and concede a sloppy goal at the other end."
