Omar double puts brakes on Neil’s men
OMAR BOGLE scored his first two Wigan goals as Yanic Wildschut endured a frustrating return to the DW Stadium.
Wildschut was jeered by the home fans because of his controversial switch to Norwich last week and he got the biggest cheer of the night when he was taken off late in the second half.
By then Bogle had scored twice on his full Latics debut to cancel out Nelson Oliveira’s opener.
Norwich salvaged a point when Mitchell Dijks, on loan from Ajax, headed home an equaliser – but Alex Neil’s side remain just outside the playoff places in seventh.
Warren Joyce will be pleased with Wigan’s point to boost their relegation fight – before SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP WIGAN (0) 2 NORWICH (1) 2 Bogle 62, 68 Oliveira 40 Att: 10,193 Dijks 73 SKY BET LEAGUE ONE MK DONS (0) 1 OLDHAM (0) 0 Maynard 90 Att: 7,598 SKY BET LEAGUE TWO BLACKPOOL (0) 0 CRAWLEY (0) 0 Att: 2,080 L ORIENT (0) 0 MORECAMBE (0) 1 Att: 2,660 Mullin 72 CHECKATRADE 4th Rnd LUTON (1) 5 YEOVIL (0) 2 Cook 12 Zoko 58 Sheehan 50 Sowunmi 65 Vassell 60, 90 Att: 2,408 Hylton 66 last night they had scored just 10 home league goals and were finding life in the Championship this season a real struggle.
The boos for Wildschut were predictable – he was returning to the DW just a week after he slapped in a transfer request to force his £7million move to promotionchasing Norwich.
The home fans howled with delight when a through-ball hit the Dutch winger’s back as he attempted to slip through the Wigan defence.
The Latics used £750,000 of Wildschut’s fee to sign Bogle from Grimsby and the striker was denied by John Ruddy as he attempted to add to his 19 goals for the League Two side on his full debut.
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Russell Martin headed home the rebound but the Canaries skipper was ruled offside.
They kept up the pressure on a Wigan side who could barely string two passes together in the opening half and Wildschut almost silenced the home fans with a deflected effort.
There was an inevitability about Norwich’s opener on 40 minutes – Alex Pritchard swung over a free-kick from the right and Nelson Oliveira headed home his ninth goal of the season.
Will Grigg replaced James Weir at half-time and his introduction lifted Wigan as he headed wide and had a deflected shot saved by Ruddy. Finally Wigan were putting
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It got even better for the Latics six minutes later when the impressive Bogle curled home a delightful free-kick from 20 yards out.
“Yanic, Yanic, what’s the score?” chanted the home fans before roaring in delight when the wide-man was subbed.
Wigan’s lead was shortlived – Dijks headed home Pritchard’s corner from close range on 73 minutes.
Both sides pushed for a winner and Ruddy saved well from Sam Morsy before Wigan keeper Jakob Haugaard made a fine stop from Josh Murphy.