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Sunday September 28, 2008 Finished JJB Stadium

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Wigan Athletic

  • Valencia 16’
  • Zaki 33’ (pen.)

Manchester City

  • Kompany 22’
  1. Zaki spot-kick downs City

    Zaki spot-kick downs City

    Wigan Athletic stretched their unbeaten run to six matches after beating Manchester City 2-1 at the JJB Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Wigan Athletic
    • Manchester City
    • 90+3' The final whistle goes and the billionaires of Manchester City fall at the JJB once again! Wigan deserve the three points.
    • 90+2' An inch-perfect pass forward and it's Zaki against Dunne! Richards comes back to help but Zaki keeps the ball and shapes up to SHOOT... Tipped over the bar by Hart! It could have been all over there!
    • 90+1' SWP floats in a free-kick that is headed away and drops for KOMPANY TO STRIKE... Straight at Kirkland! That could be their last chance.
    • 90' Dunne gets penalised for a foul on Zaki, and the City captain is not happy with the decision. He has a word in Zaki's ear to let him know his feelings!
    • 88' City are camped in the Wigan half now and after much pressure it falls to ZABALETA... His shot from distance is blocked! Zaki is then fouled and Wigan can regroup.
    • 85' Daniel Sturridge comes on to replace Elano for the final five minutes.
    • 82' Ireland sends a well-weighted pass forward for Richards to chase and Bramble bangs into him just inside the box... The referee gives a foul to Wigan! How did Steve Bennett come to that conclusion? It was a clumsy challenge by Bramble, inside the area, that sent Richards flying!
    • 80' Garrido takes a frankly rubbish free-kick for City, but Melchiot hacks clear for a throw.
    • 79' There's a really exciting feel about this game now, as the play has been quick, end-to-end and just the right side of competitive. Surely someone will get another goal before the final whistle?
    • 77' Right away Evans gets in amongst it as he chases a long ball that Bramble and Boyce just watch and he knocks it past Kirkland... Hacked away by Bramble as it crept toqards the line!
    • 74' Jo is substituted and is replaced by Ched Evans, the young Welshman who got that all-important fifth goal in the 6-0 drubbing of Portsmouth.
    • 71' Wright-Phillips and Melchiot both go for the same loose ball, and inveitably collide. SWP goes flying, and Melchiot gets a yellow card. This match is in danger of descending into a scrap.
    • 70' Zaki gets between Richards and ball, so the defender gives him a shove in the back out of frustration! Referee Bennett books him.
    • 68' Wigan have a corner. It's fired in towards the near post for ZAKI... He connected with a bullet header but can't get it on target! Richards was marking him and did just enough to put him off.
    • 66' Shaun Wright-Phillips plays Ireland through with a deft little touch, but the ball skids along the turf too quickly and Ireland's chase is in vain.
    • 65' The Wigan fans have a new hero, and they are chanting "Zaki! Zaki!" in honour of their striker.
    • 61' Jo has the ball at the byline and his cross is deflectwed back but Elano is there to STRIKE... It was a thunderous strike but it swerved the wrong way and went wide1
    • 57' The referee has been wildly inconsistent in this match, as he books Michael Brown for the littlest of niggy fouls on SWP.
    • 57' A Wigan long throw falls to Bramble who chests well to set up the VOLLEy... Bramble has the ball robbed off him just as he was about to strike and potentially score an absolute beauty!
    • 52' Cattermole has taken a knock and won't be able to continue, so Michael Brown comes on to replace him.
    • 50' Valencia's corner is disappointing but he gets it straight back at floats a ball in for BRAMBLE... The defender steamed in the really attack the cross with a header that goes just wide of the target!
    • 49' Valencia sees his cross blocked by Garrido, but he does well to retrieve the ball and keep possession. From that, Cattermole surges forward and wins a corner.
    • 46' No changesfor either side at half-time as Wigan kick off for the second half.
    • 45+1' Well, what a half that was! Not many would have predicted Wigan being 2-1 up at the break, but they deserve to be there, even if Palacios's theatrics tainted their penalty a little.
    • 45' Plenty of action in the City goalmouth as another corner leads to a bit of a scrap before City clear.
    • 44' Ireland's square ball into the box falls to Richards, who has a shot blocked and as Dunne goes for it he goes down under Bramble... No chance of a penalty though. Dunne doesn't really appeal with any conviction.
    • 42' Good work from Zabaleta as City have some sustained possession in the Wigan half. Figueroa gives it away to Richards who feeds WRIGHT-PHILLIPS... He spons his attempted cross but it loops into the air and Kirkland has to tip it over for a corner.
    • 38' Zaki is a machine, and even though he's just scored to give his side the lead he's right on Garrido's back and forces him all the way to the corner flag before bundling the Spaniard over for a foul.
    • 34' GOAL!! Zaki gets his fifth of the season as he calmly sends Hart the wrong way from the spot!
    • 33' Referee Steve Bennett books both Kompany and Robinho for dissent as he complain. Meanwhile, Amr Zaki places the ball on the spot...
    • 32' Palacios races against Garrido to a loose ball in the box and goes flying... PENALTY!! Palacios was probably tripped but he sprung up and vaulted in the air like a gymnast!
    • 30' Another Wigan free-kick is sent in by Valencia and Zaki's attempt is blocked. They win a free-kick on the other side now. Kapo curl this one in. Again City don't clear convingly. They've relied on their fortunes quite a lot so far, and it's when the second ball drops kindly to them that they've usually got rid of the ball.
    • 26' Wilson Palacios then wins a free-kick off Garrido for doing pretty much the same, but no card! Very odd. The free-kick is floated in but City head clear.
    • 26' Valencia gets the game's first yellow card as he jumps in late and catches Garrido's boot.
    • 22' GOAL!! City equalise and it's a first a first goal for Vincent Kompany! Elano's free-kick from the right-hand side isn't cleared by Figueroa and as the French midfielder shapes up to knock it in with his right foot it rebounds in off his left knee!
    • 21' Wigan on top here as Zaki chases down a long ball forward and wins it. The challenge took him away from goal but the City defence are finding it hard to deal with the Egyptian at the moment.
    • 19' Jo has the ball out on the wing but he's hounded by Kapo and forced back towards the halfway line before conceding the throw.
    • 17' Great move by City as they aim to get back on terms rigth away. Ireland poked through a cute ball for Robinho to SHOOT ON THE TURN... Wide of the post.
    • 16' GOAL!! City again don't clear their lines from a set piece and Valencia has the time to look up and blast a rocket of a shot right into the top corner! Hart barely even moved, he just watched helplessly as it flew past him!
    • 13' Wigan win a corner. The initial ball is only partly cleared and Zaki brings the ball on to his left foot and unleashes a cracking strike that sails JUST past the far top corner! That effort took everyone by surprise, not least Joe Hart!
    • 12' Heskey shields the ball and turns in midfield, but he elects to play the ball up to the marked Zaki rather than spread the play to Melchiot.
    • 11' Palacios gives away a corner. Played short by Elano and Ireland's cross goes over everyone.
    • 8' Wigan's persistence almost pays off as Kapo's pressure forces the mistake from Zabaleta, but he's crowded out by three more of those horrendous red-and-black striped shirts.
    • 5' City must have strung 15 passes together there before Javier Garrido strays offside.
    • 3' A bright start from City on this bright afternoon in Lancashire. The visitors are stroking the ball around but Wigan are giving them no time to settle.
    • 1' It's the Sky Blue billionaires of Manchester City who will kick off at the JJB!
    • 15:57 All the talk will of course be about Robnho and the fearsome Brazilian trio he forms with Jo and Elano, but Wigan's Amr Zaki, Emile Heskey and Luis Valencia have shown they are all capable of damaging any defence.
    • 15:51 Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Wigan Athletic v Manchester City!

  • Team Stats

    Wigan Athletic Stats Manchester City
    33% Possession 66%
    11 Shots 14
    4 Shots on target 5
    2 Saves 1
    5 Corners 3
    18 Fouls 13
    5 Offsides 2
    3 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    34 Tackles 24
    162 Accurate passes 410
    28 Bad passes 54

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 3 4
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 21 0 1
      19 Titus Bramble 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 1
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 4 6
      5 Wilson Palacios 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 21 3 6
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 34 3 8
      23 Olivier Kapo 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 11 4 4
      13 Amr Zaki 1 5 2 1 8 0 0 13 3 1
      9 Emile Heskey 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 19 2 2
      10 Jason Koumas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Kevin Kilbane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Paul Scharner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Michael Brown 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      2 Micah Richards 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 41 0 2
      33 Vincent Kompany 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 44 3 7
      15 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 41 14 1
      5 Pablo Zabaleta 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 28 1 3
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 51 2 4
      11 Blumer Elano 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 65 18 1
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 20 4 1
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 35 1 3
      10 Robson de Souza 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 46 4 1
      14 João Alves de Assis Silva 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 27 3 1
      19 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      28 Daniel Sturridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      16 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Michael Ball 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Ched Evans 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2' An inch-perfect pass forward and it's Zaki against Dunne! Richards comes back to help but Zaki keeps the ball and shapes up to SHOOT... Tipped over the bar by Hart! It could have been all over there!
    • 90+1' SWP floats in a free-kick that is headed away and drops for KOMPANY TO STRIKE... Straight at Kirkland! That could be their last chance.
    • 82' Ireland sends a well-weighted pass forward for Richards to chase and Bramble bangs into him just inside the box... The referee gives a foul to Wigan! How did Steve Bennett come to that conclusion? It was a clumsy challenge by Bramble, inside the area, that sent Richards flying!
    • 77' Right away Evans gets in amongst it as he chases a long ball that Bramble and Boyce just watch and he knocks it past Kirkland... Hacked away by Bramble as it crept toqards the line!
    • 68' Wigan have a corner. It's fired in towards the near post for ZAKI... He connected with a bullet header but can't get it on target! Richards was marking him and did just enough to put him off.
    • 61' Jo has the ball at the byline and his cross is deflectwed back but Elano is there to STRIKE... It was a thunderous strike but it swerved the wrong way and went wide1
    • 57' A Wigan long throw falls to Bramble who chests well to set up the VOLLEy... Bramble has the ball robbed off him just as he was about to strike and potentially score an absolute beauty!
    • 50' Valencia's corner is disappointing but he gets it straight back at floats a ball in for BRAMBLE... The defender steamed in the really attack the cross with a header that goes just wide of the target!
    • 34' GOAL!! Zaki gets his fifth of the season as he calmly sends Hart the wrong way from the spot!
    • 32' Palacios races against Garrido to a loose ball in the box and goes flying... PENALTY!! Palacios was probably tripped but he sprung up and vaulted in the air like a gymnast!
    • 22' GOAL!! City equalise and it's a first a first goal for Vincent Kompany! Elano's free-kick from the right-hand side isn't cleared by Figueroa and as the French midfielder shapes up to knock it in with his right foot it rebounds in off his left knee!
    • 17' Great move by City as they aim to get back on terms rigth away. Ireland poked through a cute ball for Robinho to SHOOT ON THE TURN... Wide of the post.
    • 16' GOAL!! City again don't clear their lines from a set piece and Valencia has the time to look up and blast a rocket of a shot right into the top corner! Hart barely even moved, he just watched helplessly as it flew past him!
    • 13' Wigan win a corner. The initial ball is only partly cleared and Zaki brings the ball on to his left foot and unleashes a cracking strike that sails JUST past the far top corner! That effort took everyone by surprise, not least Joe Hart!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Bennett

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • M. Melchiot Yellow Card
    • T. Bramble
    • E. Boyce
    • M. Figueroa
    • A. Valencia Goal Yellow Card
    • L. Cattermole Substitution Out (53′)
    • W. Palacios
    • O. Kapo
    • E. Heskey
    • A. Zaki

    Subs

    • K. Kilbane
    • M. Brown Substitution In53′ Yellow Card
    • J. Koumas
    • P. Scharner
    • H. Camara
    • M. Pollitt
    • D. De Ridder

    Injured

    • E. Edman

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • J. Hart
    • P. Zabaleta
    • M. Richards Yellow Card
    • R. Dunne
    • J. Garrido Yellow Card
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • B. Elano Substitution Out (85′)
    • V. Kompany Goal Yellow Card Substitution Out (90′)
    • S. Ireland
    • .. Robinho Yellow Card
    • .. Jo Substitution Out (74′)

    Subs

    • D. Hamann
    • M. Ball
    • K. Schmeichel
    • T. Ben Haim
    • G. Fernandes Substitution In90′
    • D. Sturridge Substitution In85′
    • C. Evans Substitution In74′

    Injured

    • D. Vassell
    • M. Petrov
    • V. Bojinov
    • M. Benjani
    • M. Johnson

    Suspended

    None