Manchester United head coach Erik ten Hag lavished praise on his team for their display in Sunday's goalless draw with Liverpool in the Premier League.
The Red Devils entered the clash with Jurgen Klopp's side off the back of successive losses to Bournemouth and Bayern Munich, and the Merseyside outfit were expected to triumph on Sunday.
However, a battling performance from the 20-time English champions saw them claim a point, and Ten Hag hailed his team's "very good performance".
"You have to fight always for the badge. We play in very high highs and also sometimes in very low lows. If you want to achieve something in a season you can't be below certain limits so we have to get the consistency," Ten Hag told Sky Sports News.
"This was a very good performance, you saw Liverpool's results at home and we got a clean sheet. In the second half we had some very good chances, then you can take the points from here but we are pleased with the performance of the team.
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"You know the chance will come and you have to believe that. The team has to never switch off, keep the discipline and you do that you can even win the game.
"The way we defended it was almost perfect. When we made a mistake there was always a teammate to sort it out. I think that is the big win from today, we have to keep this and bring this every game.
"Always you have to fight for each other. At Manchester United it is always the same - we against the rest."
Man United only had six shots against Liverpool, just one of which was on target, while Liverpool had 34 shots in total, with their manager Klopp claiming that his side were more "dominant" in this fixture than the 7-0 home success in the corresponding match last term.
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Meanwhile, in a separate interview, Ten Hag told BBC Sport: "Every point you take is important. Football is about results and we could have won today if we'd taken our chances.
"We take this point and we are pleased with the point because Liverpool are in very good form here at Anfield. They always score and we avoided that, we stopped them creating chances and scoring. All eleven on the pitch were very good.
"Football always starts with good organisation and defending. If I have a criticism, it is that we should have had more passes going into the box to hurt the opponent. That's the next step we have to make. We have to get more consistent in our performance levels."
The result has left Man United in seventh position in the Premier League table, boasting 28 points from their opening 17 matches of the campaign.
The Red Devils, who are six points behind fourth-placed Manchester City, will be bidding to return to winning ways when they head to West Ham United on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Law
