Championship

I ADMIT WE RODE OUR LUCK – SHAUN

by
The LeaguePaper Team
5 March 2023

WIGAN boss Shaun Maloney also believed it was a case of two points dropped for his relegation battlers.
“I think it’s quite a hard game to sum up,” he said. “They scored an amazing free-kick, and then had a crazy three-minute spell in that second half where they hit the woodwork three times.
“But, apart from that, the way the game went, I’m a bit disappointed we didn’t win, although I know we rode our luck at times.
“We made the change at half-time, we wanted to be more aggressive in terms of the position of our players, and th...

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