Manchester United legend Roy Keane has praised Daniel James for his hunger and drive following the Red Devils’ 6-2 win over Leeds on Sunday. The Wales international got on the scoresheet at Old Trafford. And he’ll now be hoping to pick on, having blown hot and cold since his arrival from Swansea back in the summer transfer window of 2019.
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“He's had a tough few months. Again, credit to Ole. He probably thought this will be his type of game - it's going to be open.
"I can always tell by a player's face when a ball goes in. Again he's running forward, he's nice and brave. Going to Man United was a big move for him.
"Look at his face [after scoring] and it meant a lot to the kid. And I'm delighted for the kid.
“Listen, playing for Man United is not as easy as everyone thinks - there's lots of pressure. It was a big relief for him.”
Solskjaer was thrilled with his side’s performance, saying after the game: "That was fantastic from the first minute. We had a plan to get after them, go forwards when we had the ball and Scott McTominay got two goals in the first three minutes!
"We found a way of getting them going, Just imagine if there were 75,000 people in, it would have gone down in history as one of the great performances against Leeds.
"It's 13 games into the season - we're a work in a progress.
“We're getting better, we're getting fitter and stronger but there's still a few details to nail and let's talk about the title later on."
Meanwhile, Leeds boss Marco Bielsa said: "We could have come back throughout the game, there was always opportunities to come back into it.
"We lacked efficiency, they scored their opportunities and we didn't. In the second half we played on an even keel until the 80th minute. After that they created chances easier than we could.
"At half time the changes were to give more energy in midfield and recover more balls in the middle of the pitch. We were losing by a big margin and I wanted us to strengthen.