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Initially asked to fill the Zohore chasm up front and struggled, but improved after the break when dropping deeper. The Irish international also made a couple of key defensive headers in the other box.

STAR MAN: BRUNO MANGA

Was a busy man in the opening stages as Wigan threw down the gauntlet. But, as ever, the Gabon international had an answer to everything the Latics could muster. He’s a man mountain, and it’ll be a shame if Cardiff lose him.

SUBSTITUTES

Lambert (for M Harris, 57); Meite (for Noone, 80); Halford (for K Harris, 85) Subs unused: Peltier, Richards, Whittingham, Hoilett. Gilks, Burke, Burn, Morgan, Warnock; Hanson (Colclough, 57), Tunnicliffe, Perkins (Bruce, 80), MacDonald, Jacobs, Obertan (Powell, 57). Subs unused: Jaaskelainen, Power, Morsy, Byrne. Oliver Langford (West Midlands) 10,875