Jermaine Jenas was delighted to see action for Tottenham in their defeat to Manchester United.
"When you've been on the sidelines for so long it gets you down, you see the lads out there and you just want to be part of it," the England midfielder told his club's website.
"It's been enjoyable being back in training and getting 45 minutes under my belt in what was a tough game.
"I've only trained so to go into a match situation and come through unscathed is ideal."
JJ felt the team looked 'a bit tired' after losing our 100 per cent record this season.
"A lot of the lads had been away on international duty and we just didn't have that spark we needed in the last 20 minutes," he said.
"We scored early, we were getting about them and Jermain scored a fantastic goal.
"They came back with a fantastic free-kick from Ryan Giggs, then Anderson scored and that knocked us back a little.
"We came out for the second half firing, the keeper pulled off a superb save from me, Crouchy hit the bar and from there, it was a bit of a sucker punch third goal and that knocked the wind out of our sails. But that's why they are champions."
