Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho calls De Gea 'best in world', accuses Arsenal of diving

The Portuguese's team beat the Gunners 3-1 in a classic match at the Emirates, with Jesse Lingard (2) and Antonio Valencia picking up the goals.

But it was De Gea who took the plaudits after he made some magnificent saves – with 14 in total – and was beaten only by a close-range shot from Alexandre Lacazette.

"I loved the way my team played and fought," Mourinho said. "Arsenal played in some period amazing attacking football – creating difficulties for us. But I have to say that my players deserve all the great words. I don’t know so many in English but amazing, phenomenal, fantastic. They deserved three points.

"They had chances but we fought and we have a great goalkeeper too.

The one negative for United was Paul Pogba's sending off for a studs-up tackle on Hector Bellerin in the 74th minute. However, Mourinho thinks his team were hard done by, citing a challenge by Laurent Koscielny on Romelu Lukaku which only drew a yellow card.

Discussing the Pogba red card, he said: “I don’t know. I leave for you that one. I leave for you the Lukaku situation with Koscielny, I leave for you the Arsenal players on the grass.

"The grass is absolutely beautiful – I think there is a desire to go onto the grass.”