WATCH: Solskjaer spots Sir Alex Ferguson after Man Utd beat City; Here's what happened

As Manchester United manr Ole Gunnar Solskjaer bagged his first Derby win with a 2-1 victory over Manchester City, he received biggest praise in his manrial career from former Red Devils manr Sir Alex Ferguson. Walking towards dressing room tunnel after congratulating all his players, Solskjaer saw Alex Ferguson in director's box of Etihad Stadium.

Heartwarming moment between Solskjaer and Alex Ferguson

rwegian raised his fist towards legendary Scottish manr to mark his derby win and a visibly happy Sir Alex applauded his former player. Solskjaer also received a big thumbs up from Sir Bobby Charlton who was standing beside Ferguson.

A proud Solskjaer said, “We were fantastic. At start of game, we were exceptional. We were attacking every time we got ball, and it looked like we could carve m open every time. We could have, should have been three, four, five up and that's a testament to boys because y played so well. It's so hard to play against m, and ir players were coming from everywhere, every angle and boys defended so well.”

Solskjaer said that one has to defend well when y play against a team like Manchester City as y have been in exceptional form for past three years, adding that he was pleased with how back four maintained ir composure and defended well.

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After having registered a 2-1 win all thanks to goals from Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford, Red Devils all but ended City's chances of defending ir Premier League title as Pep Guardiola's team sit 14 points adrift of Liverpool who beat Bournemouth 3-0 to maintain ir perfect start to season in order to bag ir first league title in 2 decades.

Red Devils moved closer to top 4 and are w 5 points adrift of 4th placed Chelsea and are hoping to continue ir fine form amid a heavy schedule during winter months.

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