Wednesday 5 November 2014 12:54, UK
Brighton boss Sami Hyypia admitted his relief as mounting speculation over his future was alleviated by a 1-0 home victory over Wigan.
Midfielder Gary Gardner, on loan from Aston Villa, hit the only goal after just 54 seconds as the Seagulls pulled off their first Sky Bet Championship win in 12 attempts.
Brighton had won only one of their previous seven home league games and former Liverpool defender Hyypia said: "It's a great feeling to win the game.
"It was very important to win in this situation and the team showed a lot of character.
"It's a big relief to get the win; I just concentrate on my job and work with the pressures. I do what I believe.
"I make my own pressures as for outside pressures, I don't really care."
Hyypia drafted in former Brighton winger Elliott Bennett, on loan from Championship rivals Norwich, and felt the player made a considerable difference on his return to the team.
"Elliott showed his quality and he can only help us," the Finn said. "He has grown into the team already.
"He is a great character with his banter and he rallied the troops during the game. He loves his football and will be good for us."
Hyypia has set his men a target of following up this victory by beating Blackburn at home on Saturday and added: "The aim is to get back-to-back wins, and it will be a good way to go into the international break."
Wigan manager Uwe Rosler felt his men should have taken something from the game which he believed they "dominated".
The Latics are only a point above the drop zone after winning only one of their last 11 games.
"We just need to be scoring goals," the German said. "After a game like that, I don't look at the table.
"We can't do more than dominate a game and I don't know what to say after we dominated a game like that.
"The first 10 minutes were not good. We can't retain possession like we did. But apart from that we did everything right."
Rosler was dismayed his men could not turn their possession into goals.
"We had the majority of the possession but need a little more quality in the final third," he said.
"In the last few weeks we've been far more creative, but we are scoring less goals than earlier in the season.
"The players can have an arm around their shoulder but when they cross the white line it's down to them. We paid good money for them and we expect goals."
