Jose Mourinho has identified Scott McTominay as the Manchester United player who kept Barcelona quiet in the Champions League.
The Catalan club came out on top against the Red Devils at Old Trafford on Wednesday, with the home side failing to muster a single shot on goal.
But despite Barcelona shutting out United, they too were unable to capitalise with more than just a single goal scored, as the Red Devils did a great job of keeping the likes of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho at bay.
The man most responsible for doing this, according to former Manchester United manager Mourinho, was McTominay.
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"Barcelona was not Barcelona yesterday," Mourinho told Russia Today.
"I think United had one player that was responsible for that because I think Scott McTominay in midfield he was like what I used to call – but when I use this expression it’s obviously in the total positive sense of the word. He was a mad dog.
"Afraid of nobody. Imposing his respect. Pressing really hard with a huge range of movement a huge area of pressing.
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"Pressing higher and creating problems in Barcelona building up then really aggressive on the duels."
Mourinho wasn't the only one pleased with McTominay's performance against Barcelona, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer saying: "He's developing every time he plays.
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"He comes into training every day with a fantastic attitude. That is the way to improve. Every game he plays, he grows and grows.
"He was the first one to take the ball down and settle us. We had to slow the game down. We were too quick to give the ball away. The three midfielders did really well."
