Roberto Martinez disappointed with his team’s result in 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa – EPL News
Wigan Athletic boss http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Martinez has expressed his satisfaction over the Latics performance in their recent 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa at Villa Park. However, The Wigan boss believes that his team deserved at least a point against the Villans.
Despite Martinez fielding a very defensive side, the DW Stadium outfit started brightly against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gabriel-c14281 Agbonlahor’s impressive
goal in the 36th minute ended their domination.
Wigan Athletic had a decent start to the second half but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Darren-Bent-c10358 scored the second goal to put the fixture out of the visitors’ reach.
Martinez was delighted with his team’s performance in the first half and has stated that his team deserved to get a draw against Aston Villa.
The Latics boss told the reporters, “We started the game really brightly and after getting a succession of corners, we really found space well and I thought we were going forward really, really well,”
The Wigan manager believes that his side’s lack of concentration cost them two goals and has claimed that the Latics will have to perform better if they want to remain in the Premier League.
“In two incidents we didn’t look after the ball as well as we do and we were heavily punished. Their goals really changed the dynamics of the game, it was very, very difficult.”
The Wigan boss feels that the Latics gave a decent performance but they should blame themselves for the poor final result.
“I felt that the possession in the second half was well in control, we found space, but overall, we’re disappointed in ourselves not anybody else,” Roberto http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Martinez-c24468 concluded.
After losing at the Villa Park, Wigan Athletic are now struggling at the bottom of the table. The Latics are placed 18th with only five points from seven matches.
Roberto Martinez’s team will play host to Bolton Wanderers in their next Premier League match on October 15, 2010.
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