Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted Manchester United played to a high standard despite their frustrating 0-0 draw with Leeds.
The United manager disagreed with former Old Trafford man Paul Ince, who asserted his firm belief while on Sky Sports punditry duty that neither United nor Leeds played well at Elland Road as the points were shared.
United carved out a number of opportunities to win the game — the best of which fell to Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford — but fluffed their lines in the final third.
Solskjaer told Sky Sports he was content with his players' performance levels.
He said: "There's no guarantees in football that's for sure. I thought we played really well, dominated the second half and didn't really give any chances away. We just didn't have the ball to fall correctly for us in the big moments we had.
"We had some decent chances, unfortunately we couldn't take them."
Solskjaer did agree that United hadn't been at their best in the final third — as they drew 0-0 for the seventh time in all competitions this season — but he remains upbeat about his team's form ahead of Thursday night's Europa League semi-final versus Roma.
He added: "It [was] a chance for every player to work, one against one, but seriously up until the last 18 yards, that's when the quality or the decision let us down in that last moment.
"You don't lose momentum, we are disappointed we didn't get three points but the boys know we've put a shift down. This is not going to be something we look back on as derailing our season, definitely not."
