Wilder later said, "We needed that performance first and foremost. Mixed emotions. The players were putting bodies everywhere. The physical aspect of it in the Premier League you have to be right up there.
"There's a lot to that performance but physically we were out on our feet. We found that bit extra to get a result.
"We all had to stand up. This has been one of the hardest weeks we have had in football after what happened on Monday night.
"It wasn't a free-flowing performance, we dug in there and hung in there.
"It is just the consistency as well. When teams do what they do to you, like Villa for half an hour and Arsenal for 45 minutes, they tear you apart and the gulf becomes enormous. There's a lot of moving parts to this season. I think pundits take the easy way out saying they are the worst team in the Premier League, but you have to look at the injuries and in terms of being able to put a consistent side out.
"We are off the bottom, we will enjoy that. I am not jumping through hoops and no medals are being handed out for being off the bottom. We have to show the consistency.
"There is the narrative isn't there? That Sheffield United are the worst team in the world, Burnley are waiting to kick in and Luton are going for Europe - that seems to be the narrative. Luton have done fantastically well and I have a lot of admiration for what Vincent Kompany has done, but that's the narrative."