Wigan Athletic vs Burnley
Championship
DW Stadium
Newly promoted Wigan welcomed recently relegated Burnley to the DW Stadium. The visitors scored in quick succession to take a two goal lead. Latics pulled one back through Keane’s penalty.
Goals from Tella and Bastien and Brownhill’s second completed a 5-1 win for the Clarets.
Wigan Athletic vs Burnley: Match report
Full time score: Wigan Athletic 1-5 Burnley
Burnley: Muric, Roberts, Harwood-Bellis, Taylor, Vitinho (Egan-Riley 90), Cullen, Cork ©, Brownhill (Benson 90), Tella (Bastien 76) Gudmundsson (Churlinov 66), Rodriguez (Barnes 76)
Unused Subs: Peacock-Farrell, Lowton
Wigan Athletic: Jones, Whatmough, Keane (Aasgaard 72), Tilt (Magennis 72), Power, McClean, Naylor, Shinnie (Broadhead 72), Darikwa (Nyambe 60), Kerr, Lang
Unused Subs: Amos, Wyke, Humphrys
Goals: Rodriguez 17’, Brownhill (27, 86’)’, Keane 42’, Tella 51’, S Bastien 88′.
Managers’ reaction
Wigan’s Leam Richardson: “Firstly congratulations to Burnley for the result and the victory. If you want to dissect the game, which we all like to do, we’re obviously disappointed with the scoreline. We’ll collectively take it on the chin and I’ll take responsibility for the last two goals.”
Burnley’s Vincent Kompany: “There was a team out there who fought for every ball. Ten difficult minutes in the first half, we battled through it. And in the second half, we did everything we needed to do in the future against teams who are chasing the game. We had threat in behind, patience with the ball, and when we had the opportunity we broke the lines and attacked in numbers.”
