Howe praises 'outstanding' De Gea
Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe heaped praise on Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea after he made a string of saves to deny the 'Cherries' and help his side to a 1-0 win at Old Trafford on Wednesday night.
United emerged victorious from the game thanks to Romelu Lukaku's first-half strike but the away side put in a fine performance, having five more shots on target than United, with the last side to better that stat against the 'Red Devils' being Liverpool back in 2014 (6).
Following the game, Howe lauded the United stopper and said that despite the defeat, he couldn't fault his side's performance.
"They have an outstanding goalkeeper who made a number of good saves and maybe we could have done better in and around their box, but when you consider the opposition and where we were playing, I was very pleased with my players," he explained.
"We're disappointed because we've been beaten, but I'm really pleased with the performance.
"I thought we were very good today and were very disciplined out of possession. We were also very good with the ball and created numerous chances.
"We really did establish ourselves in the game very early and there were some really good individual performances today. The team functioned very well."
The result left Bournemouth just two points above the relegation zone, with tough games against Liverpool and Manchester City still to come before Christmas.