Everton FC 2-1 Wigan: On the whistle report

EVERTON hauled themselves off the foot of the table with their first Barclays Premier League win of the season thanks to an injury-time penalty from Leighton Baines.Wigan, who picked up six bookings, took the lead after 56 minutes with a Paul Scharner header.Everton equalised soon after through Louis Saha, but had to wait until the third minute of added time for their winner.New defender Sylvain Distin made his Everton debut while another new signing, Russia winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, was on the bench.The Toffees made just one change from the side that lost their last Barclays Premier League game at Burnley last weekend, with Marouane Fellaini dropped to the bench to accommodate Distin. Phil Neville reverted to a midfield role.Wigan retained just four of the players who were ditched out of the Carling Cup by Blackpool in midweek - Michael Pollitt, Paul Scharner, Emmerson Boyce and Mohamed Diame.With Everton likely to unveil more signings before Tuesday's deadline - they are reported to have agreed a fee with Atletico Madrid for Holland defender Johnny Heitinga - David Moyes' wide could soon have a new look to it.They started the day bottom of the table, and needed to get some consistency into their game.Everton started brightly, with Tim Cahill seeing a diving header from Leighton Baines' corner go just wide.Then goalkeeper Pollitt did well to turn over a fierce 12-yard effort from Jack Rodwell.Wigan tackles were certainly flying in, to the fury of the home fans, and eventually Wiltshire referee Lee Probert got his book out to caution Diame for a foul on Neville after 19 minutes.Wigan had created very little, although Charles N'Zogbia saw a shot from the edge of the area deflected wide.Everton almost scored with the best move of the match so far after 30 minutes. Rodwell's turn and pass found Leon Osman, who instantly sent Tim Cahill racing away down the left.The Australian's cross found Louis Saha powering into the six-yard box, but Pollitt managed to get his body in the way of the striker's shot.

Source: Liverpool_Echo