Wigan were recently defeated 5-0 by Manchester city in the third round of the League cup. This was a rematch of the FA cup final of last season in which the Championship club managed a stunning upset over the former Premier league champions.
However, there was no upset this time around as city comfortably cruised to a victory. The win was in no doubt throughout the encounter because city were better than Wigan in every aspect. They will now play in the fourth round of the competition looking to go all the way.
After the match, manager Owen Coyle said that he was not disappointed with the effort put into his players, but the fact that they conceded five goals. He said that playing against city was always going to be difficult because they are one of the elite clubs in the world. Despite fielding a reserve team on the night, Manuel Pellegrini had talent worth more than £ 200 million on the pitch, while the club also brought in the likes of Yaya Touré in the second half. Coyle said that this could have easily added another £ 100 million to the value of the team.
Hence, he was not surprised by the defeat, but by the number of goals conceded.
“We worked ever so hard, playing against one of the elite clubs of world football, let alone English football. They made 10 changes and their team was probably worth about £200million. There is no getting away from it, we knew it was a tough ask. As if their starting line up wasn’t enough, I think the three subs they brought on probably added another £100million to the tally, but I am disappointed to lose by any margin of goals,” said Coyle.
Wigan have made an average start to the campaign winning three out of the seven matches so far.
