Wigan manager Leam Richardson stressed the importance of learning in defeat after they were beaten 3-1 by Cardiff City on Saturday afternoon.
Charlie Wyke’s first goal of the season led to a late rally from Latics after goals from Callum Robinson and Sheyi Ojo had given the visitors a two-goal lead, but a stoppage-time free-kick from Ryan Wintle sealed the victory for the Bluebirds.
Speaking to Latics TV,he said “The most disappointing thing is how we started the game. It was not like us at all, and we always want to impose ourselves on the game very early on.
“It’s important that we learn. Another fantastic football club is coming to ours in Blackburn Rovers (on Tuesday), so we’ll digest (and learn from) today.
Bolton’s Kieran Lee admited his side need to raise their game again to get over the double disappointment of back-to-back away defeats.
Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Forest Green Rovers made it successive League One losses for the second time this season for Ian Evatt’s men.
The Whites responded to their last pointless double in August with a four-match winning run in League One.
Salford City earned a first win against Northampton Town thanks to Ethan Galbraith’s goal late in the first half.
The Manchester United loanee struck just on half time, Salford’s first attempt on goal in the match, tucking Ibou Touray’s cutback away into the bottom right-hand corner. Prior to that the returning Tom King had made a number of important stops on his 50th appearance, denying Kieron Bowie, Sam Hoskins and Sam Sherring.
A resilient Rochdale withstood and defended superbly against an onslaught of pressure during the second half at Rodney Parade on Saturday to claim three points, as James Ball’s header inside the opening five minutes proved to be the only goal of the game.
The hard-fought, well-deserved victory over Newport County was Dale’s second of league win of the campaign.
Stockport crossed the Pennines for a first meeting with the in-form ‘Bantams’ of Bradford City in just under a dozen years, and finally broke their travelling-points duck with a single-goal win in front of the highest League Two attendance for 2022/23 thus far.
County went in at half-time with a one-goal lead – courtesy, on this occasion, of captain Paddy Madden’s penalty
