Manchester United kicked off a big week by earning a hard-fought 2-1 victory over rivals Liverpool at Old Trafford on Saturday afternoon.

In the race for second place in the Premier League, Marcus Rashford's match-winning brace leaves United five points clear of Liverpool, who have now slipped to fourth in the table.

Despite Liverpool enjoying 68% possession, David de Gea was relatively comfortable and it took a freakish Eric Bailly own goal for him to lose his clean sheet.

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Man Utd's number one is on course to win his very first Golden Glove award in English football this season and seems to have established himself as the world's best goalkeeper.

De Gea was in a very good mood after the Liverpool triumph, and on Sunday, the 'keeper made an awesome gesture to a young Man United supporter after seeing what he'd done.

De Gea's classy gesture

Following the 2-1 win against Jurgen Klopp's side, De Gea took to Twitter to praise the Old Trafford crowd, given that the atmosphere inside the stadium appeared to be tremendous.

As is usually the case, there were hundreds of replies to De Gea's tweet, but there was one response in particular that really caught the eye of the Spanish international.

There was an image of one young fan, who clearly idolises De Gea, fully dressed up as the United superstar, from his gloves all the way to drawn-on facial hair.

De Gea noticed that the little boy's incredible costume was missing football boots, so in a classy gesture, he's offered to complete the outfit by giving him a pair of his own.

Reaction to De Gea's lovely gesture

This act of goodwill is something which the young boy will undoubtedly never forget and a family member was sure to thank De Gea for what he did.

Even Liverpool fans have praised De Gea's gesture - check out some reaction below:

De Gea's attention will now turn to Man Utd's massive Champions League clash with Sevilla on Tuesday and a chance to go to Wembley by beating Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.

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