Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez hailed the courage of his players after yesterday's historic victory over Chelsea.

The home side chalked up their first victory against one of the top four at the 35th time of asking in a Premier League match.

Martinez said: "When you are Wigan and playing against the top four you have options, you can be brave and beat them or you can get hammered.

"That is what happened. We were beaten 4-0 and 5-0 (by Arsenal and Man Utd) and today the only reason we won is because we learned our lessons.

"We have been brave from the first moment and no-one can say we did not deserve the win. That is a big compliment to our club.

"This is for the fans, who have been with us through the bad times and supported us all well.

"The great thing from my point of view was our reaction to conceding a goal. We continued to be positive."