Before lining up against Wolves at Old Trafford on Monday, Shaw’s back-four colleague Jones had not made an appearance in the division for 712 days since featuring against Burnley in January 2020.
The restoration to the starting XI for Jones marked a characterful comeback following an arduous ordeal with injury.
“Phil Jones should be proud of himself,” Shaw said as he spoke to MUTV and Sky Sports, after the 1-0 defeat.
“I think he’s been criticised for a number of years constantly, people always getting at him but he’s stuck by it, he’s so professional, trains so hard and he got his chance tonight and I think he was phenomenal.