Gareth Southgate has revealed how Manchester United great Sir Alex Ferguson was feeling following the Red Devils’ Champions League success over Paris Saint-Germain.

Marcus Rashford’s injury-time penalty goal gave United a 3-1 victory in France which allowed them to qualify for the last eight of the competition on away goals.

Ferguson was watching on alongside fellow United legend Eric Cantona and was pictured celebrating post-match with caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Southgate, who was also present in France, says that he briefly spoke with United’s all-time best manager and opened up on the four words that he came out with which hit home in particular.

“I talked with Sir Alex after the game. He said, ‘that’s the United DNA’,” Southgate explained on TalkSPORT.

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Ferguson was clearly delighted with the result and Southgate says that Solskjaer deserves a great deal of credit for the way he has impressed since taking over in December.

“Ole has got that connection with the fans. He knows the way United are. The players are playing with a smile on their face. He has done a great job,” Southgate added.

“He has been tactically good as well. The young players are stepping up. That was the case with a couple of them on Wednesday.

“You need time. But you also need to know what a club stands for. You might want to change the style, but clubs have identities. The strongest clubs keep that identity and build a team around that.”