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Magic of the Cup

SHOCK! FA Cup glory for Wigan with 91st minute goal

Here’s all the big moments from a famous FA Cup final upset.

WIGAN – YES – WIGAN are the 2013 FA Cup winners after a dramatic finish at Wembley.

The Latics, who started the day as massive underdogs against Manchester City, stunned last year’s Premier League champions with this Ben Watson goal in stoppage time.

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City had Pablo Zabaleta sent off for two bookable offences with six minutes to go, but few can argue that Wigan were not worthy winners after a  display of confident football not befitting of a team who could be relegated in the coming week.

Roberto Martinez had his goalkeeper to thank for a scoreless first half after Joel Robles made this save from a point-blank Carlos Tevez effort.

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Callum McManaman proved to be Wigan’s danger man with two gilt-edged opportunities falling his way. The first, when he beautifully cut inside Matija Nastasic right of the six-yard box before placing a left-foot shot wide of the far post.

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After appealing for a penalty when Pablo Zabaleta collided with Roger Espinoza, Wigan were on the front foot again when McManaman made a smart angled run behind City’s defence.

The young attacker was forced wide, but managed to come back inside around Joe Hart. With bodies streaming back, however, the opening to goal became more narrow the longer he waited and the shot was eventually blocked.

The missed chances in the first half never came back to hanut them though, as City failed to gain an upper hand in the second half and paid the price in the closing stages.

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