He delivered a brisk four-minute press conference and told Sky that one of the lessons he had learned this week was to “keep his gob shut”.
He said: “A point might be huge but the more important thing was the performance. There’s people, and I include myself in this, that are up for the fight here.
“This was the biggest game since we lost to Aston Villa in 2009 but it now goes on to QPR. The destiny is in our hands and we have to deal with it.
“There was a lot said after the Leicester game last week, rightly so, but I certainly think there was a response, from the players and definitely from the fans.
“It was actually like being back in a football stadium again where the only thing that mattered was football. That was nice and pleasing. I think you saw the reaction from the fans and it affected the reaction of the players.
“They went 1-0 down to a set-play to a team of giants and that can make you disillusioned like we were last week against Leicester. But to show the determination to get back was so encouraging.”