Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar admitted his side did not deserve to win against Sunderland.
United were held to a goalless draw in a tough encounter at the Stadium of Light and many might consider them lucky to have escaped defeat.Bolo Zenden hit the post as the home side attacked a weary United outfit and Van der Sar himself had to make some crucial saves in order to maintain a clean sheet.
Speaking to MUTV after the game, the Dutchman said: "That's the way we expected Sunderland to play, because they knew we had games on Sunday and Wednesday.
"It was a lot of travelling, plus coming up here on Friday was also four hours all in all, so that's exactly the way we expected them to play against us.
"We were happy to go in at half-time with a nil-nil. In the last 15 minutes we had one or two chances, but not enough to get the winner.
"I don't think we put enough in our offensive game to really claim the three points. I don't think the service was sufficient to get the goal in the end.
"We can be happy that we had a clean sheet, the second in a row after Valencia on Wednesday, but I think it was two dropped points today, because we dropped too many already in away games.
"We were disappointed with a draw at Bolton, we got a nice win in Valencia which sets us well for the Champions League and of course today you're looking for a win to close the gap a little bit. Now you have to hope that Chelsea and Arsenal draw tomorrow."
The Sunderland draw was one in a string of stalemates United have been involved in while travelling this season.
They gave up a two goal lead at Goodison Park against Everton to finish 3-3, then conceded a late goal at Craven Cottage against Fulham to drop another two points and finally were held 2-2 by Bolton at the Reebok last weekend.
The team will however, take consolation in the fact that these venues are extremely difficult to get all three points from.
With one of Chelsea or Arsenal certain to drop points when the two sides clash at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, the Red Devils will definitely be in the top three going into the international break next week.
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