Wigan Athletic went on to beat http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 2-1 in a Premier League match at Anfield on Saturday, despite sitting at the bottom of the table.
The defeat condemned the Reds to their fifth defeat in their last six league matches, with Kenny Dalglish’s side only managing two wins in 2012 so far. For Wigan, it was a historic day as they recorded their first win at Anfield and also bolstered their chances of avoiding relegation.
The visitors went in front via a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rangers-c40314 in a Premier League match after squandering a two goal advantage.
The win also elevated Wigan just a point away from safety after 30 matches. In their last 7 matches, the club has only lost a single match and they will aim to emulate last season efforts, when they came back from the brink to salvage a place in the top division after avoiding relegation on the last day.
Even though the home side was lacklustre on the day, Wigan capitalized fully to take advantage of the Reds poor performance and bounced back to claim a crucial victory after Suarez had restored parity in the beginning of the second half.
Wigan started the match on a positive note and an eleventh minute strike from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Victor-Moses-c36075 was denied by Martin Skrtel who blocked the shot. Shaun Maloney, who got himself in a good position, was seen frustrated as Moses did not pick the player who could have had an opportunity for an easy tap in.
The home side also had their share of opportunities with Suarez picking up http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stewart-Downing-c34221 in the 24th minute but a strong left footed shot from the Englishman went just wide of the mark.
Moments later, Wigan got the penalty kick, after Skrtel raised his boot to Moses’ face and the referee, Lee Mason pointed to the spot immediately after. Maloney lashed home from the spot kick to put the Latics in front.
However, Liverpool got back in the game after the Reds skipper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steven-Gerrard-c34196 played a wonderful ball to Suarez in the box and the Uruguayan netted the ball in the 47th minute to lift the home fans.
But the Latics, who had started to dominate the play in the second half, went ahead again in the 63rd minute after Caldwell found ample space in the penalty area and calmly put the ball past a helpless http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pepe-Reina-c29672 to claim a 2-1 lead for his side. The goal turned out to be the winner for Wigan as Liverpool failed to get back into the match and capitulated yet again to hand the Latics an important win.
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