Owen Coyle felt Bolton Wanderers ran out deserved winners following their emphatic 3-1 success over Liverpool at the Reebok.
Bolton came into the game having lost 10 straight in league action to the Reds, a record that ended in style on Saturday.
Mark Davies fired the home side ahead early on with Nigel Reo-Coker doubling their advantage in the 29th minute.
Craig Bellamy reduced the arrears before the interval, but Gretar Steinsson's crisp volley ended any hope of a comeback.
Coyle is acutely aware of how difficult it is to beat the leading Premier League clubs, however, he insists no luck was involved this time.
"When you play a club of the stature of Liverpool sometimes you can get a result and sometimes you ride your luck but nothing could be further from the truth today," explained Coyle.
"We were in good form coming into the game so we had great belief in the way we went about it.
"We believed we could win today. The great thing was not just the win but how we won. It was a team performance.
"I can't say it was pleasurable, having a late kick-off and watching the results come in.
"When you are second-bottom of the league it is quite agonizing but when the dust settled we knew a win would take us out of the bottom three.
"But it was not just the win, it was of such a high standard: the passing, the movement and we looked a threat every time we went forward."
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