Jagielka: United draw felt like a win

16 September 2010 20:00
Phil Jagielka admits Everton's 3-3 draw against Manchester United on Saturday felt like a victory - but knows the reality is that the Toffees need to start winning matches soon. The Merseysiders, who went into the contest at Goodison Park with just a point from their opening three Barclays Premier League games, staged a dramatic late comeback thanks to stoppage-time goals from Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta. Everton have also been beaten at Blackburn and Aston Villa and held at home by Wolves so far this term and remain in the relegation zone. It has made for a disappointing start, but the stirring finale against United left Jagielka with that winning feeling - something the defender now wants to start sampling for real. "It felt like we had won the game," Jagielka said. "We were pretty much dead and buried and there were opportunities for Manchester United to make it 4-1 or 5-1. But thankfully we stuck in, Tim Howard made some fantastic saves and as he always does, Tim Cahill popped up with the goal. Then we put a little bit of pressure on, the ball fell to the person we wanted it to on the edge of the box and Mikel did enough to put it in. "If you have watched our games, we still can't understand how we lost the Villa match - maybe we were just missing a little bit of luck. Against Man United we played well for spells and against Blackburn, there was nothing in it except for a couple of mistakes. "It sounds easy for me to say, but we have literally just been a little bit unlucky. I don't think there is a crisis, but at the same time, we need to address the situation that we are in. We don't want to be here come November or December and be in the bottom three still. We have to start pulling our socks up and picking up results."

Source: PA