Latics TV | Leon Balogun-post Millwall.
On loan Brighton defender helped Latics to a clean sheet on his first home start.
Latics won 1-0 against the Lions at the DW Stadium.

Speaking on Latics TV after his first victory and first home start in a Latics shirt, central defender Leon Balogun said he and his team mates must 'trust in the process' after picking up a deserved 1-0 win against Millwall at the DW Stadium.

"It was the perfect present for the manager," Balogun began, as he referenced manager Paul Cook's birthday today.

"When you look at the other results, you see how massive this win is for us.

"The next challenge comes on Wednesday and hopefully we can step up to the challenge against Reading like we did against Millwall.

"I got my full debut last weekend, but it was away, so to introduce myself to the club and the Wigan family in this manner, it's nice, it feels good."

Balogun even had a chance to mark his first home start with a goal in the second half, but he admits he doesn't really care who's scoring the goals, as long as Latics are finding the back of the net on a regular basis.

"It was a bit confusing because Naisy was still attacking the ball, so it was 50-50, but the main thing is that I'm happy we scored. It was an own goal to win it for us in the end, but I told Dave our fitness coach, "I don't care who scores, as long as we score and win the game.

"It was 100% deserved, especially if you look at the performances over recent weeks. Apart from Preston, we've been up there and close. It felt like we should have won the games against Middlesbrough and Cardiff.

"I spoke to Sam Morsy about it, it's a process and you could see today that we had more confidence than last week. It's an improvement, a step forward and you have to trust the process.

"We've lost one game in six games, the rest have been draws or wins, so there's definitely a positive trend and hopefully we can keep going.

"We've got to go from game-to-game and be 100%. We have to stick to what we're doing and we will get our rewards. We can't allow ourselves to get lazy or do one percent less.

"Against Millwall you can see that if everyone does their job, we can achieve 100%. It equals to results and happy faces.

"We have to deal with this situation and the more people we see out in the stadium standing with us, the better it is for us. We also have the responsiblity to reward them and give back, it's give and take."

Leon Balogun post-Millwall | "We have to believe in the process."