The defender had to withdraw from the England squad during the break, and required some treatment towards the end of the game at Old Trafford, but he provided bundles of energy down the flanks and, of course, supplied one of the assists of the season to set up Marcus Rashford's opening goal.
Winning possession deep in his own half, Shaw marauded forward and played a gorgeous, curling ball into the path of Rashford, who did the rest with a clinical finish past Watford's former United keeper Ben Foster.
The 23-year-old beat off competition from fellow nominees Marcus Rashford and Juan Mata to win 58 per cent of the vote in our Official App, after MUTV pundits Ron Atkinson and Danny Webber named their three-man shortlist.