Patrice Evra hit out at France's critics and believes they deserved to take victory against Romania.

The 1-1 draw put Les Bleus four points adrift of Serbia at the top of their World Cup qualifying group, with the sides set to meet in a potentially crunch clash on Wednesday night.

Boss Raymond Domenech is likely to feel even more pressure following the result, after his controversial decision to start star forward Franck Ribery on the bench.

Julien Escude, surprisingly preferred to Eric Abidal in defence, scored an own-goal to cancel out Thierry Henry's 48th-minute opener.

Manchester United full-back Evra feels the result was harsh.

"In the game, we were better. We were fluid and moved the ball well," he said.

"People who say we did not play well do not know anything about football.

"The manner we played in should be retained. We did well but tried too many tricks in front of goal.

"We are disappointed because we deserved the victory and we should have scored at least once in the first half."

Henry had plenty of chances to add to his goal but Evra defended the Barcelona striker, insisting he was merely unlucky.

"He was stopped by the crossbar and by the saves of the goalkeeper, even with the end of his fingers."

Evra also backed his team to perform in their must-win against Serbia.

"If we play like that in Serbia, why should we not bring the points back?".