Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez says they'll take the game to Chelsea - even if it means getting hammered.

Wigan lifted themselves off the bottom of the table with victory at West Brom last week, but their Christmas schedule is tough with Liverpool and Manchester United coming next.

Martinez is determined to approach the festive programme positively though, and said: "I just feel these games are great opportunities for us to try to get something where nobody expects us to.

"I don't like to go into a game thinking about it being damage limitation or just trying to get through unnoticed.

"It is a unique opportunity to go and try to express yourself and test yourself to the maximum.

"That means sometimes that will leave you exposed and you could end up on the end of a difficult scoreline but I think we need to be prepared to do that.

"I think the only way you can get a positive result against the top sides is if you take risks.

"You need to score goals and that is the only way you can do that.

"I would rather give everything we've got and be heavily challenged and see what the outcome is. If you look back, we had a heavy defeat with Chelsea at home and then we had a victory.

"I would rather that than losing both games by minimal scorelines."