Geremi: "Alan (Smith) will be captain when I am away at the African Nations.
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"The manager told me the decision for him to be captain was to get him ready for the responsibility while I'm gone.
"As far as I know that is the case.
"We are disappointed (defeat at Wigan) because it brings to an end our unbeaten run.
"It is a big disappoint-ment because we didn't expect Wigan to beat us.
"We had some possession but, unfortunately, weren't able to make the breakthrough. You know when you play against a team like Wigan they will strong from set-pieces and we need to be aware of it.
"They scored from a set piece and it was the only real chance they had.
"We have to stick together, especially in the next few days because we have a lot of matches.
"We must keep our chins up as we have a big game with Chelsea.
"We need to recover very quickly."