The Spaniard was full of praise for his side as they controlled the game and fought to a much-needed victory to close the gap at the bottom of the league, but he warned his players not to rest on their laurels

"Today is the example of what we need to do from now until the end of the season," he told reporters.

"We're still living the dream and we're going to fight with our lives to carry on in this league.

"I think last week (draw against Everton) was a turning point, I felt we played really well and were the better side and that was a turning point in our season.

"I felt today we showed the same level of performance and that pleases me, we need to know that from now until the end of the season we've got 13 cup finals and it's about ourselves."

Bolton boss Owen Coyle was disappointed with the way his side began the game and how they allowed the visitors to dominate the first half.

"The first half performance is not good enough," the Scot told reporters.

"Ultimately goals change games and results. I think we made a reasonable start to the game but from that time on Wigan dominated possession and had one or two chances on the counter attack.

"To concede a goal two minutes from half time from a set play is galling because it's very clear you go on your designated man, you pick him up and that never happened and Gary Caldwell's got a free header."

The home side improved after the break and got themselves back into the game thanks to a wonder goal from Mark Davies.

But rather than going on to win the game, they were again pegged back - something Coyle said was unfair on his side.

"We started the second half well," he continued.

"We got the goal (from Mark Davies) which was a tremendous finish.

"And to be honest I'm disappointed not to take anything from the game given our second half performance."