Premier League - Wigan win at Sunderland

Eurosport - Sat, 14 Mar 17:52:00 2009

Wigan claimed three valuable points as first-half goals from Ben Watson and Charles N'Zogbia gave them a 2-1 Premier League victory at Sunderland.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Premier League Wigan Athletic Sunderland-Wigan Watson - 0

Midfielder Grant Leadbitter was on target for the Black Cats.

Watson put Wigan in the lead with his first goal for the club after 10 minutes.

The former Crystal Palace midfielder sent a crisp half-volley from the edge of the box which bounced inside Marton Fulop's right hand post.

Sunderland rallied, and Wigan had keeper Chris Kirkland to thank when he made a superb double stop, first denying Steed Malbranque's long range effort, and then springing up to palm away Andy Reid's follow-up.

The Black Cats did eventually find a way through when Leadbitter brought down Fulop's clearance and bundled it past Titus Bramble before shooting straight down the throat of Kirkland who failed to get down quick enough.

However within five minutes the Lactics restored their lead when they hit Sunderland on the counter-attack and N'Zogbia raced clear on the half-way line, easily fended off a challenge from Tal Ben-Haim and slotted neatly inside the near post.

Paul Scharner had a great chance to give his side some breathing space when he sprung Sunderland's offside trap just after the re-start, but the his shot was at the right height for Fulop to make a good stop.

Sunderland twice had the ball in the net after that only to see it chalked off by the assistant referee.

First Malbranque had an effort ruled out for offside, and then Leadbitter was denied a second by the assistant's flag.

Home boss Ricky Sbragia threw on David Healy for Ben-Haim with 15 minutes remaining, but Steve Bruce's men looked reasonably assured and saw out some late pressure to claim a deserved victory.

Massimo Marioni / Eurosport

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  1. without Ferdinand and Richardson we don't look like­ the same team that has given the top4 a hard time this­ season

    From jack torrance, on Tue 17 Mar 3:47PM

  2. Tony K(nobhead) AKA the Mystic Mag well done you got­ one right.
    FTM

    From downy100, on Mon 16 Mar 7:41PM

  3. When you read a lonely hearts ad. from a Geordie­ girl,this is what it really means-

    Adventurous= dirty­ sl*t
    ATHLETIC= No tits and can open her own crisps
    30­ SOMETHING = 43 Years old
    FUN AND OUTGOING= Annoying but­ will go to the offy occasionally for @#$%
    WILD AND CARE­ FREE=Gets pissed easily and leaves her kids with the­ next door neighbours
    SEEKS NIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR=Her­ x-husband's a nut case
    NEW-AGE=She has hairy­ armpits and a smelly cunny
    HEADSTRONG=Argues like a­ drunken welder
    ENJOYS SOCIAL EVENINGS­ OUT=Alcoholic
    CURVY= She's a fat c**t
    CUDDLY=Fat­ c**t
    LIKES EATING OUT=greedy fat c**t
    LIKES NIGHTS­ IN=Lazy fat c**t

    From jack torrance, on Mon 16 Mar 1:39PM

  4. cameron and Tony think if you look at my prediction for­ Saturday I was spot on with the 1-1 draw for your­ lot,guess I must have been distracted when looking into­ my powdered monkey's bones and tea leaves when­ predicting our result ha ha,still better positioned­ than your lot and I predict you'll get one point­ out of your next 3 games

    From jack torrance, on Mon 16 Mar 9:05AM

  5. N`zogbia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Nath, on Sun 15 Mar 12:01PM

  6. Hmmm, very nice little earner this one was: Wigan win­ and the sulk to get the winner . . . . . . . have it? I­ certainly did!!!!!!
    Oh yes, match fact: Wigan won 2-1.

    From cameron w, on Sun 15 Mar 11:00AM

  7. say what ya like but there still above­ bumcastle.bumcastle got chelsea and arsenal next 2­ games.sunderlands manager is @#$% yep,but at least they­ didnt sign chubby brown hahahaha

    From robbieisfineshedyahoooo, on Sun 15 Mar 9:39AM

  8. downy100. Match FACT. Wigan won, HAHAHAHA!!!!!

    From Tony K, on Sun 15 Mar 7:59AM

  9. Look at comment 1. I must be some kind of­ clair...claire...clarevoy...clairevoy.........one of­ those people who can predict things that are going to­ happen, mind you it doesnt take nostradamus to work out­ wigan have more quality on the pitch than sunderland

    From Tony K, on Sun 15 Mar 7:35AM

  10. A point for newcastle. Nothing for the mackems. Not a­ bad weekend really, shame about my £14....

    From Tony K, on Sun 15 Mar 7:32AM

  11. £50 on sunderland one born everyday no wonder bookies­ holiday in the caribean wigan 2-0 no sweat.

    From AUDREY G, on Sat 14 Mar 1:09PM

  12. I've just had a £50 double on Sunderland and Hull­ win,...........Easy money, HAWAY THE LADS

    From scott, on Sat 14 Mar 11:50AM

  13. Jack theres no denying you are a decent sort and I­ admit I overstepped the mark with that one and was out­ of order. I therefore completely apologise to everyone­ who read it and took offence(except downy100, coz­ he's a stain on the underpants of humanity)

    From Tony K, on Fri 13 Mar 9:27PM

  14. downy100,
    seriously i know it wasn't your intended­ aim, but i do thank you!
    I haven't laughed so much­ in a long time: brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!!!

    From cameron w, on Fri 13 Mar 8:27PM

  15. downy100 I know there was that unfortunate­ "downsyndrome" comment that I didn't like­ either,but these two guys aren't all that bad when­ u get to 'know' them.Compared to some of the­ knuckleheads on that side of the river they're­ actually quite human,I have two mates from 30 years ago­ who are Mags (it is possible)give them some slack and­ open a dialogue,it's much more fun.
    SAFC

    From jack torrance, on Fri 13 Mar 5:45PM

  16. oh cameron come on the aeriel acrobatics from Duff and­ Taylor ! the penalty that never was?but we're still­ looking good and NUFC have some real sticky games­ coming up.P.s it's nice to correspond with a mag­ with some intelligence for a change,Clint Magnum has­ had way too many steroids and mars bars and mal-godfrey­ clearly had encephalitis as a child.

    From jack torrance, on Fri 13 Mar 5:39PM

  17. Tony K(nobhead) the bookies friend & looks like­ your bum chum cameron w(anker) is looking to lose his­ money too! Match facts Tony K(nobhead) will be­ available around 4.50pm, state them then.
    FTM

    From downy100, on Fri 13 Mar 4:44PM

  18. For heaven's sake stop harping on about­ 'getting robbed' jack - results against NUFC­ and Spurs were fair results for all 3 sides. And­ furthermore, if we hadn't conceded 95th minutes­ goals against Wigan and Stoke we'd be sitting­ nicely above safc now, but you don't hear us­ harping on about that do you - so behave huh!

    From cameron w, on Fri 13 Mar 4:08PM

  19. I thought it was pretty good Tony K!

    From Bob R, on Fri 13 Mar 2:01PM

  20. Time is right to break into the top 1/2 of the­ table,we've been unlucky this season with some­ dubious points dropped against Villa,NUFC and Spurs but­ need to put that behind us,I believe it evens itself­ out eventually (unless you're Man u) and we'll­ step on now.Tony K I don't care about details­ either mate,leave that to Liverpool's manager,Ricky­ has been effective,that's all that matters

    From jack torrance, on Fri 13 Mar 1:01PM
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