Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hailed his team's character after their 4-1 win at Wigan Athletic.

Mido put Wigan ahead after goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski failed to deal with his close-range shot and only helped it into the net.

But that only prompted a furious backlash from the Gunners with all their goals coming in the second half.

Theo Walcott began the rout with a neat finish before substitute Silvestre put them in front.

Andrey Arshavin then took advantage of a mistake from Jason Koumas too extend their lead and Alexandre Song rounded things off after a storming run.

Wenger said: "I feel we have shown great character again today. This young team has a lot of mental strength.

"We have shown some qualities that make it very interesting for the future.

"Wigan were very strong and committed in the first half. They were well organised and the 50-50s went to them.

"We had problems with their man-to-man marking. But I felt in the second half our technique took over. We looked dangerous every time we had the ball."

It means Wigan have conceded eight goals in two games after the 4-0 drubbing by Everton, leaving Latics boss Steve Bruce shattered.

He said: "The disappointing thing for me were the second and third goals. It was comical stuff really.

"We have gifted Arsenal goals after a great hour when we worked so hard to deny Arsenal space.

"We are a bit shell-shocked. It would be difficult to say it was schoolboy stuff as that would disrespectful to schoolboys."