Sunday, 7 November 2010

Disallowed goal upsets Martinez

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez was left upset after Charles N'Zogbia had a goal disallowed in the defeat to Blackburn.
N'Zogbia thought he had put Wigan ahead on 39 minutes, only for referee Kevin Friend to disallow his effort for a foul on Morten Gamst Pedersen in the build up.
But Martinez believed the goal should have stood and it would have given the Latics a crucial lead in the Lancashire derby.
Instead, Rovers went ahead through a Pedersen free-kick on 58 minutes and doubled the advantage via ex-Wigan striker Jason Roberts, before N'Zogbia pulled a consolation back.
Martinez agreed afterwards that he felt hard done-by to have lost the tight encounter to drop into the Premier League drop zone.
He told Sky Sports: "(It's) really disappointing on the key moment of the game for me, is the goal disallowed from Charles in the first half.
"In games like these the first goal makes a huge difference, it allows your team to be more composed and in a way the other team has to catch up a little bit.
"I'm extremely disappointed in that respect it didn't go our way today but the performance in a way deserved a lot more and that's where we need to improve - when you are the better side and you create more chances than the local side you need to get the points."
While acknowledging that the referee has a very tough job to do, Martinez insisted it had been a clear goal.
He said: "Unfortunately it didn't go our way the decision today but that was a real key moment because we were well set up in the first half, Blackburn never put us in any trouble and we looked a little bit of a threat going forward and scoring the first goal is always vital in these sort of games.
"Then in the second half we had the better chances once more and we couldn't reflect that in the scoreline."
Martinez added: "The goal that we scored in the first half there's nothing wrong with that.
"As you know in football, the hardest thing is to get the ball, control the game and score goals from open play and when you do that, when you get them disallowed, it's really hard mentally to get back into.
"Overall the performance is the level that we expect and that's a positive sign."

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