Wigan Athletic vs Liverpool
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Who won: Wigan 1-0
Wigan Athletic beat Liverpool 1-0 on Monday, March 8, 2010 at The Brick Community Stadium. Goals for Wigan: Hugo Rodallega (35').
Play by play
- 95'
Wigan 1-0 Liverpool. They've done it. Rodallega the matchwinner and could that be a key match in the race for fourth place? It's a first ever win for Wigan over Liverpool and it was fully deserved. It was an energetic and resourceful performance from Martinez's side while Benitez's charges were utterly disappointing. Liverpool stay 6th while Wigan move up to 14th. Thanks for joining us folks.
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It's all over...
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Wigan free-kick and with seconds left that should be that.
- 94'
Wigan breathe again after Kyrgiakos causes problems in the Latics' penalty area. Caldwell gets it clear.
- 93'
Booted long by Bramble towards Moses. He does brilliantly to get inside Johnson and fires a powerful shot inches over Reina's goal.
- 92'
He looks inside for Scotland but Johnson has read it easily. Wigan have the ball right inside the Liverpool half before it goes out for a goal kick.
- 92'
Liverpool still pushing desperately for an equaliser but here comes N'Zogbia on the break.
- 91'
The last time Martinez got the better of Benitez was in a youth team game between Real Madrid and Zaragoza!
- 90'
Free-kick for Wigan as Aquilani commits a foul in the centre circle.
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Insua brings Liverpool forward, and Aquilani with a cross-field pass towards Maxi. It's cleared but there's five minutes of stoppage time to be played.
- 89'
Liverpool have failed to score in five of their last seven Premier League away games, including the last three in a row. This would be four.
- 88'
Free-kick for Wigan in an unnecessary position for Carragher to give away the foul against Scotland.
- 87'
Babel advances down the left and they are deep in Wigan territory.
- 87'
Moses has it on the left but Maxi wins it back and Aquilani distributes it to Gerrard.
- 86'
Throw in for Wigan in an advanced position and they're unsurprisingly trying to keep it in the corner.
- 86'
Rodallega looks both tired and injured but he's been fantastic. Will he prove to be the matchwinner?
- 85'
Wigan sub: Scotland on for Rodallega.
- 84'
Rodallega catches Babel in possession and it must be contagious! It was a shooting opportunity for the Colombian but he's blazed it wide.
- 84'
Liveprool streaming forward at every opportunity now, but can the red wave make somehting happen?
- 83'
Babel immediately makes something happen for Liverpool down the left, interchanging with Insua before playing it back to the left back. But the cross again isn't good enough.
- 82'
Nightmare day for Kuyt who has been awful. Diame has played well, breaking up play and demonstrating a great work-rate.
- 82'
Liverpool sub: Babel on for Kuyt.
- 82'
Wigan sub: Thomas on for Diame
- 81'
Gerrard booked this time for a reckless challenge on McCarthy. He did get a little bit of the ball but he's left the floor which made the booking a touch inevitable.
- 80'
Gerrard forced off the ball bravely by Bramble.
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