Since Ranieri was sacked, Shakespeare has won all three of his matches in charge of the Premier League champions, and the newly installed manager was full of praise for his players.
United are bidding to become the first team in Premier League history to claim their 600th victory in the division, a result which would see them maintain their top-four bid.
Murali Vijay played the way he likes best – calm, controlled, well within himself, not looking to hit; the standout feature of his unbeaten knock being his nearly compulsive use of the sweep against Nathan Lyon bowling around the wicket into the rough outside leg stump.