Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal was delighted after his side's away win against Arsenal on Saturday.
A depleted United side showed grit and passion to resist Arsenal's early and late attacks as they move up to fourth in the table.
"I think it is a fantastic victory at the right moment," van Gaal said.
"We have a lot of injuries but despite of that we win a difficult away match. Arsenal are a good attacking team.
"At the end I can laugh but you can imagine if they score one of four or five chances in the first half it is a different game.
"They have had five big chances yes, but we have also had possibilities at the end of the first half. Not so big but we could also score.
"In the second part of the first half we were coming back. We don't have the confidence in the first half and I said we needed to build up the ball and because of that we got chances.
"It is no surprise for me that we scored in the second half. I was not pleased with the ball possession of our team but after that we improved and in the second half we did very well.
"It is the first away victory and the players are very excited but it is just one victory. We have to confirm that with further victories and then we can say we have the spirit and can start looking upstairs and not downstairs."
Defender Luke Shaw was a forced substitution early in the game and the Dutchman says the 19-year-old's injury will be assessed in the coming days.
"Luke Shaw has an ankle problem," van Gaal said.
"It is not the same injury as what he had in advance of the game. We have to wait and see. It is unbelievable the injuries we have had."
