Charles N'Zogbia said he was frustrated Latics had not secured all three points against Stoke on Saturday but admitted it was a much improved performance after last week's disappointement at West Ham. The Frenchman also saw a late effort palmed away by the visiting goalkeeper, a save that almost-certainly denied him a last gasp winner.
"It was a fantastic save from their goalkeeper," he said, "but a chance for a late winner so it was disappointing not to see it go in.
"It would have been a fantastic three points but we put in a good performance, we responded well to going behind against a difficult team."
The spirit shown by the team in battling back from behind pleased Charles but he admitted the team needs to try and avoid conceding early goals.
"It's difficult going behind in games and trying to respond, especially when you concede a goal in those kind of circumstances, but it was great to see us get us back on level terms and bring out the character in us."
Charles says the results will follow if the team stick together and perform as a group in the coming weeks and says he is determined to help the team with his own performances. "I'm enjoying my football at the moment and I'm always looking forward to getting out onto the pitch to show what I can do.
"I am always looking to open up opportunities and get on the score-sheet myself and although that didn't quite happen today we've come away with a good point and a good performance."
The team face an important run of matches over the next couple of months and Charles thinks Saturday's point at the DW was a good starting point in the potential battle for Premier League survival.
"After the recent defeats it's good to get back on track and although we haven't picked up a win we'll certainly take confidence from this game in time for the next one against Everton."
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