Fulham faced Wigan just three days after their defeat at Roma and went a goal down after just 13 minutes at the DW Stadium.
“I am pleased with the point because we had to dig deep for the point today,” he told Sky Sports.
“It’s been a tough week. Whenever you play Liverpool at home or away that’s always going to be a big ask for you and then to go to Roma, do so well and to suffer as we did at the hands of the referee.
“I think many a team when they went one goal to nil down here at Wigan would have maybe crumbled or maybe thought the Gods were against us, but we certainly didn’t do that.
“We kept fighting and I think we created enough goal chances in the game to more than justify the 1-1 scoreline.”
“Mark Schwarzer had to be at his best today to make sure we didn’t go even further behind,” he added.
“He was fantastic he really was. Kirkland made two or three incredible saves at the other end so it’s quite strange, a 1-1 game could have easily been 3-3 today because I think both teams gave it their best shot to score goals.
“But the defences and in particular the goalkeepers, they’re the ones who are going to take the plaudits.
“I think his secret is his incredible professionalism and his incredible desire to keep himself at top level fitness which is not easy to do when you get older.
“It’s much easier to rest on your laurels but he’s still got something to go for, he still wants to be president of Australia I think so he’s got plenty to go for yet.”
