England run away leaders Manchester city were left frustrated at the DW Stadium by Wigan Athletic. Manchester city hope of a quadruplet was given a blow on Monday night has the crash out of the FA cup.
The Citizens were in full control of the match taking a total of 83% of the possession, recording a total of 29 shots and only five on target but could not break a resilient Wigan.
Manchester city were reduced to 10 men after Fabian Delph was shown a red card for an offensive tackle on max power.
Wigan athletic is causing an FA cup upset for the second time in a row towards Manchester city. In 2013, Wigan was on the verge of relegation when they played Manchester city in the cup final at Wembley an emerged victorious.
Well many never expected same outcome, as they all expected it to go at the direction of Manchester city.
Wigan rapped up the match in the 79 minute as Will Grigg put the ball past Claudio bravo, settling the match at 1-0.
Man city almost settled for a replay at the Etihad stadium, but Wigan was equal to whatever the citizens threw at them. When kelvin de Bruyne came in it seems the face of the coin will change but Wigan were resilient and determined to hold on to the very last.
Wigan will take a trip to ST Mary’s Park to take on Southampton in the quarter final match scheduled for 17/18 of match.
