Wigan 0 Notts County 2: Eriksson's in heaven as Magpies fly through

02 February 2010 23:34
Two goals in three second-half minutes put League Two Notts County into the fifth round at the expense of Premier League Wigan. [LNB]Sven Goran Eriksson's side began to assert themselves just before the half hour, and Mike Edwards sent a looping header over the bar from Ben Davies' corner before Lee Hughes stung Wigan goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic's palms with a fierce shot from just outside the penalty area.[LNB] Flying Magpies: Stephen Hunt celebrates with team mates after scoring[LNB] [LNB]Wigan came out for the second half with renewed purpose and almost broke the deadlock less than a minute after the restart. [LNB]Jason Scotland, guilty of first-half misses, was again unable toconvert from a good position, although this time it took an impressivesave to deny him, Kasper Schmeichel clawing the striker's close-range header away for a corner.[LNB] Off the mark: Hunt (second right) fires County a goal to the good[LNB]Five minutes later Jordi Gomez swung in a useful cross for Paul Scharner at the far post, but it was just behind the Austrian midfielder, who was unable to direct his header properly.[LNB]Scott Sinclair, on loan from Chelsea, then wasted a glorious opportunity after chasing a through-ball and colliding with Schmeichel. [LNB]The winger got up quickly and had an empty net to shoot, but his snap-shot was off target.[LNB] Dejection: Gary Caldwell is inconsolable after scoring an own goal[LNB]A Scotland drive deflected wide and Gomez struck a bobbling effort which Schmeichel turned behind.[LNB]Scotland sent another effort wide after being fed by Emmerson Boyce and Scharner had the ball in the net, but only via a hole in the side-netting. [LNB] Deserted: As with the third round victory over Hull, Wigan fans stayed away from the tie in numbers[LNB] Sinclair and Gomez fired shots at Schmeichel, but both lackedsufficient power and the goalkeeper saved comfortably. [LNB]Wigan were topay for their profligacy when Davies' 75th-minute corner was headedhome by Stephen Hunt And Davies was the provider again three minuteslater as Titus Bramble missed his clearance and the ball struck GaryCaldwell and deflected into his own net. [LNB] The man in black: Sven Goran Eriksson oversaw the upset[LNB] Moses hopes parting Premier defences will pave the way to an England call-up Wigan v Notts County: The action as it happenedWIGAN ATHLETIC FC

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