{"id":5419,"date":"2021-03-23T20:53:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2021\/03\/23\/wigan-fall-back-relegation-zone-after-surrendering-lead-accrington-stanley\/"},"modified":"2021-03-23T20:53:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:53:48","slug":"wigan-fall-back-relegation-zone-after-surrendering-lead-accrington-stanley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wigan-fall-back-relegation-zone-after-surrendering-lead-accrington-stanley\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan fall back into relegation zone after surrendering lead at Accrington Stanley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wigan returned to the relegation places after a 3-1 defeat to play off chasing Accrington Stanley.<\/p>\n<p>Wigan took the lead after 40 seconds when Dan Gardner found Callum Lang, who raced forward, rounded the goalkeeper and slotted home his seventh League One goal since being recalled from Motherwell in January.<\/p>\n<p>However Stanley, who had lost their last three games, replied instantly in the third minute when Cameron Burgess was left unmarked to head&nbsp;home a Sean McConville free-kick.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides then had chances in what a was frantic start to the game, Lang fired narrowly off-target whilst McConville hit the crossbar with a 20-yard volley.<\/p>\n<p>Stanley took the lead after 15th minutes as Wigan\u2019s marking once again left a lot to be desired, Michael Nottingham was given space to force home a Sean McConville free-kick, Nottingham\u2019s effort went in off the post despite the best efforts of Jamie Jones trying to scramble the ball off the line.<\/p>\n<p>Accrington pulled further ahead in the 61st minute after McConville was fouled in the area by Tendayi Darikwa and Dion Charles slotted&nbsp;home the penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The victory leaves Stanley three points outside the top six whilst the defeat for Wigan sees them fall to 21<sup>st<\/sup> place and back in the bottom four.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nice comments from Accy boss&#8230;but always easy after a win I suppose&#8230;would much sooner him have been angry\/bitter&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wafc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wafc<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BYsUQW6ehE\">https:\/\/t.co\/BYsUQW6ehE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 Paul Kendrick (@PKendrickWIG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PKendrickWIG\/status\/1373390638381686788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wigan boss Leam Richardson was left &nbsp;disappointed after his side lost at the Crown Ground.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting post-match on the game&nbsp;Richardson said:&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s very disappointing and I\u2019m disappointed in the fact you knew what was coming, you prepare for what\u2019s coming and then you succumb to that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got beat today by two balls into our box with no contact, no endeavour and we lost nine or ten battles on the pitch and that\u2019s why we lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time I think the lads have dipped below the standards they set as the group that they are. 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