Tom Ince scored the only goal of the game to help Reading produce one of the narrow football scores of the weekend in the Championship. The match started at a passenger pace as neither of the teams could take charge of the game. It took a free-kick by Tom Ince to score the only goal of the game in the 63rd minute.
Managers Reaction
Wigan’s Leam Richardson: “The game was there to be won, and I think we played with enough energy, impetus, and sharpness during the first half. We had to take the game to them and try to make those opportunities. We controlled possession and had enough shots but not enough on target. We didn’t really put them under enough pressure compared to what we normally do. We have to play at a certain level to be the best versions of ourselves and we just dipped a little. As a team collectively, we’ve got to be better, sharper, and more productive with what we do.”
Reading’s Paul Ince: “It was the perfect response. Irrespective of the result of the game, whether we’d have won, drawn, or lost, it wouldn’t have mattered what I said to the players. I just wanted to see a bounce-back performance from the game against Sunderland, and that’s what we got. I told them midweek was gone, and the only game that matters was the next one. We knew we were coming to a tough place in Wigan, as we needed to put a performance in. Whatever that performance brought, that didn’t matter. But as long as they competed, that was all that mattered – and we did.”
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