Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips has admitted he was tasked to target Bruno Fernandes to stifle Manchester United offensively.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's side were held to a 0-0 draw at Elland Road in a match of few clear-cut chances.
Leeds' man-marking system kept United at bay, who, without Paul Pogba, struggled to break free of their markers to create a glut of opportunities.
Phillips played a particularly close eye on United's talisman, Fernandes, who had little involvement in the match.
"That's what we're about, Leeds as a club, we dig in and try to make it hard for teams," Phillips told Sky Sports.
"Particularly teams like Man Utd, it was a good game and I enjoyed the battle in midfield and everywhere on the park.
"We do it all games, we have different markers every game. My task was Bruno so I did my best to keep him quiet and luckily he didn't pop up with a goal so I did alright.
“It depends, really (man-to-man marking), I think we’re more vulnerable when we don’t pick the wide men up and stuff like that, but I think it’s just the way that we play, we’ve always played like that.
"The attackers that we’ve got are very used to man-to-man marking and trying to press when we’re off the ball and hopefully, it brings us spaces when we’ve got it."
On whether the outcome was a fair result, he added: “I think so, there were a couple of chances either end.
"Man United had a couple of chances from set-pieces in the first half, but towards the end, we came up with a couple at the end. All in all, I think it’s a fair result, yeah.”
