Starting Line-Up:
(4-5-1) Al-Habsi
Gohouri Caldwell Figueroa Van Aaaholt
Watson
McCarthy Diame
Gomez Moses
Di Santo
Result: 1-2
Man of the Match: Mohammed Diame
The return of the Barclay’s Premier League to the DW Stadium, following a month’s absence, ultimately ended in disappointment for the home side. Yet things could have been oh so different had Steve Gohouri remembered the fact he was already on a yellow card and not made a rash challenge on Gareth Bale in the sixty third minute.
A disastrous start to the match saw the Latics go behind in just the third minute following an error by makeshift centre half Maynor Figueroa who gifted possession to Emmanuel Adebayor, allowing the Tottenham forward to find Rafael Van der Vaart waiting in acres of space in the Wigan area. Van der Vaart finished in typically emphatic fashion, opening his account for the season, and from then on the away side began to find space with ease, Adebayor going close to extending his scoring run. After riding their look for half an hour, Wigan eventually subsided to the relentless Spurs pressure, Gareth Bale appearing unmarked at the front post to glance home a Luka Modric corner. The second half required a reaction from the Wigan players and it arrived almost immediately in the form of a Mohammed Diame goal on fifty minutes.
Although the sending off of Gohouri effectively ended Wigan’s hopes of rescuing a point from this fixture, there are still numerous positives which Martinez will be able to take from the spirited fightback which his team displayed. However, the results show that this is now Latics third defeat in a row in the Premier League and this is something which they will be looking to rectify when they travel to Aston Villa next Saturday, where I believe a point would represent a good result.
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