"It would have been difficult going into the international break if we didn't get the result we wanted and this was all about a reaction to the Aston Villa defeat, and I thought we got that," said the captain.
"We played really well, showed character and deserved the three points.
"Against Villa we never showed enough character and we didn't play well enough. I certainly didn't play well enough on a personal level and this was all about individuals and the team reacting.
"The manager questioned the whole team after Monday and rightly so. We were no way near good enough and we didn't play close to our standard.
"We have had a couple of good meetings this week and we couldn't wait for this game to come around.
"We went behind twice but again we showed what character we have in this team. Going behind twice there are times when you think you are not going to get a point, never mind three, but we got our rewards in the end and we could have ended up scoring four or five."