Will Grigg strikes for Wigan as 10-man Manchester City crash out of FA Cup
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Updated 20/02/2018 at 00:32 GMT
FA Cup 5th Round, DW Stadium - Wigan Athletic 1 (Grigg 79') Manchester City 0
William Grigg (C) of Wigan Athletic celebrates scoring his sides first goal with team mates during the Emirates FA Cup Fifth Round match between Wigan Athletic and Manchester City at DW Stadium
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Will Grigg's late winner sent Wigan Athletic into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win over Manchester City.
City and Wigan Athletic enjoyed an even, frenetic first half with both sides enjoying chances, with Grigg, Ilkay Gundogan and Sergio Aguero all going close.
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Will Grigg celebrates winner
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At the end of the half, Fabian Delph saw red for a wild lunge on Max Power, raising his foot. The sending-off led to a confrontation between both sets of players, carried on into the tunnel.
In the second half, City laboured in their attempts to break down Wigan, who seemed to recommit to the idea of simply keeping out their opponents.
With just over 10 minutes of normal time remaining, Grigg seized on a dreadful error from Kyle Walker, and fired an excellent low shot past Bravo as City's hopes of an quadruple were killed off.
It was as big an upset as Wigan's 1-0 win over City in the 2013 FA Cup final.
FA Cup quarter-final draw
- Sheffield Wednesday or Swansea City v Rochdale or Tottenham Hotspur
- Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion
- Leicester City v Chelsea
- Wigan Athletic v Southampton
Ties to be played March 16-19
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TALKING POINT Guardiola has to agree it was a red card
It would be a risible, self-serving disgrace if Pep Guardiola complains about the red card that Fabian Delph received. Delph's studs were up, and it was a reckless, violent challenge. This is precisely the kind of challenge that Guardiola claims should be stamped out of football. In this game, it was.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Dan Burn (Wigan Athletic)
Everyone played their part, especially Grigg with his superb late intervention, but Burn was the man at the back who kept Wigan in the game throughout. It was a team achievement, but Burn led by example and kept his opponents at bay.
PLAYER RATINGS
WIGAN ATHLETIC: Walton 7, Byrne 7, Elder 7, Perkins 7, Power 7, Grigg 8, Massey 7, Roberts 7, Dunkley 7, Powell , Burn 9. Subs: Fulton 7, Jacobs 7, Coclough 7.
MAN CITY: Bravo 6, Danilo 5, Stones 6, Gundogan 7, Aguero 6, Laporte 6, Delph 4, Sane 5, Bernardo 5, Silva 6, Fernandinho 6. Subs: Walker 5, De Bruyne 8.
KEY EVENTS
- 12' - GRIGG SAVE - Grigg is slipped in down the inside left, who scoots past Stones, and fires a rising shot into the side-netting. The crowd on one side of the stadium briefy think he's put them ahead.
- 35' - GUNDOGAN CHANCE - Danilo flicks a clever ball to Gundogan, who spins his marker, and fires a shot just over the crossbar from a tight angle.
- 45+1' - WALTON SAVE - Aguero takes a touch around a defender, leaving Burn behind, and into the box. He slams a shot across Walton, and he palms it behind for a corner.
- 45+2' - RED CARD! Power breaks from deep, and Delph flies into him with a wild lunge. It's not too awful, but the ref changes his mind and goes from yellow, to give a red card. Guardiola can't complain - all he talks about it protecting players.
- 73' - DANILO CROSS - Gundogan backheels for Danilo's run into the box, the full back drives it across goal, and Aguero is just too far away.
- 79' - GOAL! Wigan Athetic 1-0 Manchester City. Grigg scores - Grigg is released down the inside left. Walker lifts his foot off the ball and allows Grigg a free run. The striker fires a low shot from the edge of the box past Bravo.
KEY STATS
- Wigan have now beaten Manchester City each of the last three times they’ve played them in the FA Cup – also doing so in the 2013 final and the 2014 quarter-final.
- Will Grigg scored his 7th goal in this season’s FA Cup – more than any other player. Indeed, his goal after 79 minutes came from Wigan’s only shot of any kind in the second half.
- Pep Guardiola’s side failed to score for only the third time in all competitions this season, with Wolves in the EFL Cup and Crystal Palace in the Premier League also keeping them at bay.
- The Latics have now progressed past Premier League opposition in the third, fourth and fifth rounds of the FA Cup this season, the first lower league team to do so in three straight rounds since Millwall last season.
- Man City have been knocked out of the FA Cup by a side from the third tier or lower for the first time since the third round in 2004-05 (0-1 vs Oldham).
- Fabian Delph’s sending off was the ninth in all competitions for Manchester City under Pep Guardiola – only Watford (10) have seen more among Premier League clubs in that time.
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