Early goals do trick for Latics

Here we go again.

Just when we thought this season could not produce any more surprises, Wigan upset the odds once again with their first-ever win at Arsenal to go five points above the relegation zone and give themselves real hope of staying up.

There were barely 200 Wigan fans at the Emirates Stadium, but you could hear them singing long into the north London night, with chants of “We are staying up” and “We shall not be moved”.