Wigan boss Martinez hopes his side can bounce back

Wigan manager Roberto Martinez is desperately hoping his players are not psychologically scarred from their 9-1 thrashing at the hands of Tottenham on Sunday.

The Spanish tactician admitted that he had never been involved in such a one-sided affair but was confident that the Wigan players have enough character to get themselves back up.

"The damage of this won't be carried into the next game," Martinez said. "We have enough characters in the dressing room and we need to react in the right way. I've never been involved in a game like this.

"From the mental point of view, we'll get stronger from this. This is a very unique situation but we can use it in a positive way in terms of learning from these situations. We've never experienced this before.

"The biggest disappointment was how we started the first half, then the naivety that saw them scoring in the first 10 minutes of the second half.

"It's about damage limitation after that in terms of going into next week, avoiding yellow cards that will be carried into next week."