Luke Shaw's goal against Man City was just reward for his incredible form this season

Luke Shaw was one of Manchester United's best performers as they ended Manchester City's incredible 21-match winning streak with a 2-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium.

Not only did Shaw score his side's second goal, he also defended extremely well, despite the best attempts of Joao Cancelo and Riyad Mahrez to wreak havoc down the right-hand side.

His attacking influence is what will be remembered from this one, though, with his strike putting the game beyond City in the second half. What a goal it was as well. Receiving a throw from Dean Henderson, his first touch sent Cancelo for a hot dog and he was soon in full flow. Travelling the entire length of the City half, he briefly lent the ball to Marcus Rashford, before receiving it back and producing an inch-perfect finish.

The 25-year-old's fine display was the latest in what has been a strong season.

Shaw has not always had it easy at Old Trafford, suffering a horrific double leg fracture in September 2015. He has also had to overcome mental blows, particularly when Jose Mourinho was in charge. The Portuguese has a reputation for 'tough love', but his management of the England international was downright sinister.

Playing the role of a perpetually disappointed father to perfection, the United boss publically dug out Shaw on several occasions. In his most bizarre criticism, Mourinho accused Shaw of 'using his brain' in order to put in a good performance against Everton.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may not be perfect, but he has never accused a player of pickpocketing his vital organs. Solskjaer's approach to motivation is much more straightforward and perhaps that is why Shaw has performed so well under him this season.

This campaign, the care free and tenacious full-back of old has returned. No defender in the Premier League has registered more shot-creating actions per 90 minutes than Shaw, reflecting how he is expressing himself in the final third. He is also contributing a goal-creating action every two games with both of these figures significantly higher than what he managed last season.

Not that this increased potency in the attacking phase has come at the expense of his defensive reliability. Although he is not quite as freakishly good a one-on-one defender as Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Shaw is still one of the toughest left-backs in England.

Prior to the City game, 33 dribblers had tried to take the ball past Shaw. Just 20 have succeeded. Only James Tarkowski, Ben Godfrey and Joel Ward can boast a better success rate than that in the Premier League this season.

Against City these two sides of Shaw's game were both on display. His transformation this season has been a joy to behold and, on current form at least, there is no one else better suited to starting at left-back for England this summer.