Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has praised new signing Alexis Sanchez for his role in Saturday’s hard-fought victory over Huddersfield Town.

United beat the visiting Terriers 2-0 at Old Trafford, with both Romelu Lukaku and Sanchez getting on the scoresheet within the space of 13 second-half minutes.

It wasn’t all plain sailing however, with David Wagner’s side causing problems for United throughout, and Mourinho has his new man for his role in the victory.

“Alexis played in a three and he played at Old Trafford for the first time,” said Mourinho, “but I don’t want to individualise as the attacking players have so much quality; we had Martial and Rashford to bring to the game from the bench. It will be even easier in the future for them to play together.

Alexis enjoyed the dynamic of the team. He’s a fantastic player but not a prima donna. He’s a humble guy who doesn’t forget where he started. I’m pretty sure that when he was playing in Chile, he had difficult places to play and difficult opponents, so he’s quite used to it.”

It was not only the Chilean who earned Mourinho’s praise however, with the Portuguese going on to credit his whole side for yet another three points.

“I think we had around 80 per cent of ball possession in the first half but no goal,” he continued, “and then go to half-time 0-0 and you feel a little under pressure, so in the second half it was important to be calm, to play and not lose our identity and go direct when we have these kind of attacking players who are better with passing and attacking movement.

“In the second half we had a little bit more intensity, we recovered the ball higher and faster, and then first goal came. Even at 1-0, I felt the game was over because we were so much in control. So I think it was a solid performance; even defensively, we recovered the ball high up the pitch.”