The 27-year-old played the full 90 minutes, helping keep a clean sheet, as the Reds won on the road for the first time since March thanks to Anthony Martial’s 43rd-minute penalty.
“They’re never easy places to come these,” Jones told MUTV in his post-match interview. “Anyone who thought we were going to come here and roll them over were very wrong.
“I thought we dug in well, but we conceded too many chances at times, it was open.
“But they’re going to put you under pressure when you come to places like these.”
The central defender, who featured at right-back for the final half an hour as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer switched from three in defence to four, reserved particular praise for two of United’s young players.