Source: Daily_Mail
Wigan 4 Hull 1: Sub N'Zogbia does the trick but magic of the Cup lost on fans
Charles N'Zogbia bounced off the bench to inspire Wigan into the fourth round of the FA Cup. [LNB]Wigan's record £6million signing from Newcastle equalised with virtually his first touch in the 47th minute. And after James McCarthy, yet to make a Premiership start since a summer move from Hamilton, had fired Wigan 2-1 in front in the 63rd minute. N'Zogbia settled the issue three minutes later before Scott Sinclair completed Hull's misery in injury-time. [LNB]Victory justified manager Roberto Martinez's decision to make six changes from the side thumped 5-0 by Manchester United on Wednesday.[LNB] Super sub: Charles N'Zogbia scores the equaliser past goalkeeper Boaz Myhill[LNB]Hull, who have still to win away in any competition this season, gottheir comeuppance as Phil Brown made seven changes to the side who drew2-2 at Bolton on Tuesday. [LNB]But in admitting he was not 'overlyconcerned' about going out of the Cup, the Hull boss still felt theneed to apologise to their fans for an 'unacceptable' second-halfcapitulation. [LNB]He said: 'I was comfortable at half-time. But for some strange reason it all went by the wayside in the second half. [LNB] Great Scot: Jason Scotland's shoots past Steven Mouyokolo of Hull[LNB]'The N'Zogbia substitution worked very well for Wigan. He was aconstant thorn in our side with his pace and we couldn't deal with it. [LNB]'But I'm not blaming our team selection at all because at half-time you would have said it was successful.' [LNB]Martinez conceded Wigan were 'sloppy before the break'. But headded: 'N'Zogbia is a world-class player and he made a huge difference.His football is something fans will pay to see.' [LNB] Sitting comfortably: The Hull and Wigan mascots have plenty of space to sit in the empty stand[LNB]Sadly, they did not yesterday when a pitiful 5,335 turned up and Wigan shut their South Stand.[LNB] Hull lit up proceedings in the 35th minute with some Brazilianmagic from Geovanni. The former Barcelona midfielder curled a 20-yardfree-kick into the top corner after Titus Bramble's robust challenge onKamil Zayatte. [LNB]Martinez sent on N'Zogbia for the anonymous Jason Koumas. But hecould hardly have expected the switch to pay such swift dividends whenN'Zogbia raced on to Jason Scotland's pass to beat Boaz Myhill.[LNB] Clos up: Charles N'Zogbia scores the equaliser past Boaz Myhill[LNB]Wigan were transformed and went in front from McCarthy's deflectedshot. N'Zogbia cut inside on to Sinclair's return pass to make it 3-1with Sinclair completing Hull's misery at the end.[LNB] Does the FA Cup still matter? Here's what football's big names are sayingDo fans still care about the FA Cup? 10 questions for the FA Cup weekend...The free XI: Cole, van Nistelrooy and Petrov head list of out of contract stars[LNB] [LNB]
