With Aaron Lennon on the bench and Gareth Bale out injured you’d have though Niko Krancar might have got a game, but no, regardless of proving he is a genuine goal threat he sits on the bench every week. Jermaine Jenas, Sandro, Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart made up a narrow midfield. But the midfield wasn’t the problem, it never is this season. Jermain Defoe left his 100 goals t-shirt at home this week and rightly so, he didn’t come close to scoring. Neither did Roman Pavlyuchenko. When Peter Crouch came on he had a couple of headers, but none of them really tested Ali Al-Habsi in the Wigan goal, and as usual he had a lack of support and found himself isolated up front.
Fresh injuries at the back meant Sebastien Bassong had to play, but it didn’t cost us even when Wigan’s attack came to life in the second half, and he actually made a great block when it looked like a certain goal.
Conor Sammon, a second half Wigan sub, could have won it, but Heurelho made a good save from close range. Victor Moses and Charles N’Zogbia also came close.
A return of three points from a run of four games against the current bottom four is pretty dismal. Chelsea and Manchester City’s results are becoming less and less relevant if we can’t beat the mediocre opposition in front of us.
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