Wigan win elementary for Watson

22 March 2009 16:15
Match-winner Ben Watson said he thought Wigan's last-gasp 1-0 victory over Hull on Sunday was just reward for a dominant team performance.Watson scored his second goal in a week with a looping 84th-minute volley at the JJB Stadium to end Wigan's run of back-to-back goalless home games and reignite their hopes of qualifying for Europe next season as they moved up to seventh in the Premier League.But for long periods, it had looked as if Steve Bruce's side might draw yet another blank after squandering a number of opportunities against the Tigers.Watson said: "We had so many chances in the first half but we dug in and kept going and we got our reward."I should have got one in the first minute I think but it went straight through my legs, and then there was another one in the second half."But I think we dominated from the first whistle to the last whistle and we carried on, kept going and got our reward."Watson said the squad had not let thoughts of Europe distract them from their main aim of staying in the Premier League.He added on Sky Sports News: "We've not spoken about it, the main thing is staying in this division. We're taking it one game at a time and looking forward to the Everton game now."[LNB]

Source: Eurosport