Matthijs De Ligt felt Manchester United “deserved extra” from their 2-2 draw with Tottenham after the defender’s rescued a degree for his facet in North London.
Spurs seemed to be heading for a dramatic win after Mathys Tel and Richarlison’s late targets however the Dutch centre-back headed within the equaliser within the sixth minute of stoppage time to make sure the sport ended stage.
Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring for the guests within the first half and dominated a lot of the sport, leaving De Ligt nonetheless annoyed with a degree regardless of avoiding a primary defeat in 4 video games.
Talking to TNT Sports activities, De Ligt stated: “Fortunately we bought a degree, I feel we deserved extra the way in which we performed, I felt the second half we had been a bit drained. We didn’t get the possibility to get out of our half.
“Their first purpose was a bit fortunate, I’m a bit upset about that, however I’m happy with how the crew fought again and bought a degree at a tough stadium.”
De Ligt: Spurs and Forest attracts present progress
United at the moment are unbeaten in 5 video games with three wins throughout that run as they appear to be lastly clicking below Ruben Amorim.
The Crimson Devils additionally got here again late on to attract 2-2 with Nottingham Forest final weekend and De Ligt felt these two video games present an indication of progress regardless of not choosing up victories.
He added: “Final yr we misplaced towards Nottingham Forest and Tottenham 1-0, however final week and at the moment you see we have now the hearth in our bellies to battle and get a degree.
“The season is lengthy, drawing thee video games is extra essential than dropping.
“You noticed at the moment we’re actually harmful, we have now loads of velocity up entrance, we’re actually secure, we all know our strengths and utilise them.
“Right this moment we had extra alternatives to get in behind them as a result of they’re weak, we performed an excellent sport and I feel we deserved a bit extra.”
Subtitute Tel thought he had performed his half in a surprising comeback win when he turned contained in the field and fired into the highest nook however accepted a degree, having seemed for a lot of the sport like they had been heading for a fourth straight dwelling defeat.
He advised BBC Sport: “That is soccer. Generally 50-50, typically one thing else. I wish to keep optimistic as a result of the response within the second half was actually good. We confirmed nice mentality.
“First half we tried issues. We had been actually affected person. We misplaced two factors. We get one however we deserved to win this sport. Like I say we have to keep optimistic and preserve going. Working exhausting each day.”
