Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer hailed one of his side's best performances of the season as Jose Mourinho's return to Old Trafford ended in defeat.

Mourinho was back on the touchline 352 days after his sacking, but suffered his first defeat in charge of Tottenham after Marcus Rashford's brace.

Rashford scored in the sixth minute and then slotted home a second-half penalty to earn a 2-1 win and ease the pressure on Mourinho's successor, who had overseen their worst start to a season since 1988.

"They were better in intensity, in aggression, they were winning first balls, second balls, 50-50 duels, but we were lucky.

"Then in the last 15 minutes of the first half we were us and United were in trouble. We scored a goal and I thought in the second half with some adjustments we did at half-time, I thought we were going to win it.

"You go from the 1-1 and you want to go there for the three points and you arrive in the second half and they play the game that they want to play.

"They dropped the block, they defend, they got fouls, a couple of dangerous counter-attacks, closing, closing, closing.

"Then we had the ball in the last third, the goal could happen, but didn't. I think they deserved to win."