Welbeck Content With Draw

Danny Welbeck insists his United team-mates are disappointed but not disheartened by Sunday’s 2-2 draw with Tottenham in the Premier League.

While one point is never as good as three, Welbeck feels a draw at White Hart Lane cannot be viewed as a bad result and has praised the Reds for twice coming from behind through Wayne Rooney after conceding goals to Kyle Walker and Sandro.

“Coming to White Hart Lane, we had the ability to come and win the game,” Welbeck told MUTV. “That was on our mind but unfortunately we gave away two goals. Credit to us, we quickly got the goals back afterwards. We are a bit disappointed but we can be happy with a point at the moment.

“After Wazza (Rooney) got the goal, we played some good football and moved the ball about. We gave away too many free-kicks which put us under pressure, so if we can limit ourselves from doing that then I'm sure we will be a lot better in future games.”

Referencing Sandro’s wonder-strike in the 53rd minute, Welbeck expanded: “I thought David should have caught it! I’m joking, obviously it was a wonderful strike and I was right behind it at the time. When he kicked it, it was outside of the post and I thought there was no chance that it would go in. Suddenly, it was in the top corner and it was just a strike that you can’t do anything about.”

Welbeck earned the penalty from which Rooney levelled the scores in the second half. While the decision was initially contested by Spurs, replays proved Hugo Lloris made contact with the Reds striker, who has a clear memory of the incident.

“I saw Wazza getting the ball on the left, he was cutting inside so I made a diagonal run in behind the defender,” Danny explained. “I was aware of the keeper coming out but I wanted to get the ball first. I touched the ball and he clipped the back of my legs and knocked me off balance.

“Wayne wasn’t going to miss, I was 100 per cent sure that he was going to score and put us back in the game. Thankfully, he did. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the winning goal, which we would have liked to of course.”

Sunday’s match was also Welbeck’s first start since the draw with Shakhtar Donetsk in early October, having recovered from a knee injury, and the England international was pleased to return - though he admits the pace caught up with him midway through the second half.

“Unfortunately, after 60 or 70 minutes, my legs were gone as it was my first game back after two months and I started cramping up," he explained. "I wanted to get the winner but it didn’t come this time. I need a couple more games. I have been out for two months and you need some games and more hard training sessions to get back into it."