Matthijs De Ligt felt Manchester United “deserved extra” from their 2-2 draw with Tottenham after the defender’s rescued some extent for his aspect in North London.
Spurs appeared to be heading for a dramatic win after Mathys Tel and Richarlison’s late objectives however the Dutch centre-back headed within the equaliser within the sixth minute of stoppage time to make sure the sport ended degree.
Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring for the guests within the first half and dominated a lot of the sport, leaving De Ligt nonetheless pissed off with some extent regardless of avoiding a primary defeat in 4 video games.
Talking to TNT Sports activities, De Ligt stated: “Fortunately we bought some extent, I believe 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 objective was a bit fortunate, I’m a bit upset about that, however I’m happy with how the crew fought again and bought some extent at a troublesome stadium.”
De Ligt: Spurs and Forest attracts present progress
United are actually unbeaten in 5 video games with three wins throughout that run as they give the impression of being to be lastly clicking beneath 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 selecting up victories.
He added: “Final yr we misplaced in opposition to Nottingham Forest and Tottenham 1-0, however final week and immediately you see we’ve got the fireplace in our bellies to battle and get some extent.
“The season is lengthy, drawing thee video games is extra essential than shedding.
“You noticed immediately we’re actually harmful, we’ve got a number of velocity up entrance, we’re actually steady, 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 recreation and I believe 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 some extent, having appeared for a lot of the sport like they had been heading for a fourth straight residence defeat.
He advised BBC Sport: “That is soccer. Generally 50-50, generally one thing else. I need to keep constructive 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 recreation. Like I say we have to keep constructive and maintain going. Working laborious day-after-day.”
