Scott: Even my mum's talking about De Gea!

The Spanish goalkeeper has been in excellent form since the start of the campaign and showed as much with a vital double save against Atalanta in Wednesday’s 3-2 win.

United were trailing 2-1 at the time, with the final result proving the importance of his contribution.

McTominay recalled his colleague's “two big saves the other night” when club media spoke to the all-action midfielder before Sunday’s game against Liverpool.

“He’s been absolutely brilliant,” Scott said.

“My mum said that to me as well! She said ‘David’s been amazing hasn’t he’ – my mum usually gets too nervous to watch the games and can’t watch. David has been brilliant, some of the saves he’s made… big moments.

“He made two big saves the other night, one after the other, which were huge. If one of them had flown in, then the momentum was back with them, things like that are so important and people don’t realise the positivity and the reaction that the group has to things like that.

“We want him to make those saves and we need those saves because it’s so important and long may it continue.”

For those too nervous to watch, like Scott’s mum, having an in-form De Gea at the back is a blessing. Fans can be confident the 30-year-old will step up to the task.

That’ll be needed on Sunday as Liverpool come to Old Trafford for one of the biggest games of the season. Also essential will be the kind of fervent atmosphere that’s become a regular feature at the Theatre of Dreams this season.

“The crowd were immense on Wednesday,” McTominay remembered.

“They were obviously frustrated at half-time, we totally understand that, it’s part and parcel of the game. If we’re getting beaten 2-0 you can’t have been that good, but we weren’t bad also, that’s the difference. The crowd came out in the second half, and it was like they hadn’t seen the first half, it was amazing.”