Bruce proud of beaten Latics

Wigan boss Steve Bruce admitted that it was difficult to stomach the 1-0 defeat at home to Chelsea.

The Latics fell to their second successive loss as Deco's magical free-kick proved the difference between the sides at the JJB Stadium.

However, Chelsea struggled to find any rhythm and Wigan goalkeeper Mike Pollitt was barely tested after Deco scored in just the fourth minute.

Wigan created a number of opportunities and Bruce feels a draw would have been a fairer result.

"In my eyes, yes, we did enough. I think most people who witnessed it would say that too," said Bruce.

"But they have given everything. When you play these big teams sometimes you have to ride your luck. We didn't have to do that today because we played well against them.

"When you analyse it, our goalkeeper didn't have a save to make. That's almost unheard of against Chelsea and they will go away thinking 'we nicked that one'.

"We had an outstanding chance to beat them today and at no stage did they look like they would rip us apart like they did Portsmouth."

Source - Sky Sports