The FA cup clash between Wigan and Nottingham Forest was a classic that had looked unlikely, having both sides in despondent forms.
Nottingham has now gone seven games in all competitions with no win. Forest only saw a little ball and a few chances to goal, but they unfortunately could not convert any of this chance to a goal.
Wigan – currently in the relegation zone in 23rd place – have equally had a disappointing run the past few weeks, but this time around they became superior to a Forest, who sit three place above them in the division.
The Latics had lost Nick Powell from an early injury, but recovered quickly enough. Although, they it would have been better if they Micheal Jacobs and Jordi Gomez had done better with the few chances they had.
Just before the end of the first half, Will Grigg poked in Stephen Warnocks cross, and put the Wigan on the lead. After the break, Yanic Wildshut shot in a low finish as Warnock provided a cut through to him.
Forest had lost a penalty that given after Lica had been fouled in the area. Eric Lichaj’s late penalty was saved by Jakob Hugaard.
Wigan’s boss, Warren Joyce was happy with the performance of his team as he thought his side deserved the win. He had this to say: “I would have been very disappointed had we let them back in – and it was sloppy play that resulted in the penalty.”
Philippe Montainer, Nottingham’s Manager expressed his dissatisfaction with his team’s style of play. He said:
“It was a poor game. We were bad in every area both with and without the ball, and we cannot keep accepting this situation.
“We are on a terrible run and confidence is really low but that should not be an excuse. We need to show more when we’ve got the ball and do more when we haven’t.”
