"I can't go into the dressing room and tell the players they didn't try, they didn't work, the spirit was not good and things like that because I think it was, until the end of the match," said Eriksson.
"You have to score a goal, then it would have been another type of football. Congratulations to Wigan. It is very difficult to break them down.
"I am disappointed with the result but as long as we fight and try I think as a manager you are okay and you shouldn't accuse the players of not trying.
"You can understand from the first minute there will be a lot of occasions when we will not create if we do not score a goal.
"They are very good, physically strong team and as soon as they lose the ball they have eight or nine men behind the ball - which is very good for them."