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Diogo Dalot has lauded the early impact of new Manchester United interim manager Ralf Rangnick after victory over Crystal Palace.
Rangnick took charge of United for the first time in their 1-0 Premier League win against Palace on Sunday and the German reserved praise for the performances of Dalot and fellow full-back Alex Telles.
United started in a 4-2-2-2 formation that encouraged the full-backs to develop into wing-backs as they dominated possession against Palace and were unfortunate to only win 1-0.
Rangnick revealed he only had a 45-minute training session with the United squad to prepare for the game due to the inclement weather on Saturday but the players responded with noticeable urgency.
The Palace victory capped a particularly uplifting week for Dalot, who started successive United games for the first time since April 2019.
“I think it’s down to everyone,” Dalot said of the Palace victory. “Not just for the message from the manager but obviously for everyone on the pitch – the fans, the ones that are outside the pitch.
“Everybody was into it and that’s what we need to do and keep like that for the rest of the season. But mostly in the next game and build this foundation for the rest of the games.
“It’s difficult to change and have an opinion in such a few days, but we’re going to have time to know him and he’s going to have time to know [us] as well for the next couple of weeks. I’m sure that if everybody’s together, everybody’s into it, we’re going to do a fantastic job. We’re going to help him and he’s going to help us as well.
“There’s no secret that he’s a very good manager with very good ideas to play football. Hopefully, we can help them to give us the best that he can give as well and vice versa.
“I think it was a complete performance after what we did today. We get a clean sheet, get the three points, score a late goal, so it was a good afternoon for everyone.
“You need to have clean sheets. You’re going to be closer to win games like that (if you do), so it was important to be compact defensively and then we’re going to create a lot of chances.
“We needed to score as well. We kept our head clean after a few opportunities that we didn’t score and Fred at the end was fantastic for him…
