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Wigan 1 Lincoln

MICHAEL APPLETON lauded his Lincoln side for the way they coped with difficult conditions and going a goal down to secure a victory which keeps them top of League One.

Callum Lang put struggling Wigan ahead but Anthony Scully soon levelled before Tom Hopper struck a secondhalf winner.

Appleton said: “The pitch was a poor one, and I thought we dealt with that and the swirling wind really well.

“To come back from going a goal behind to an incredible strike from Callum Lang in the way we did, was very positive. We rode our luck a little bit at the end, and the reality is sometimes you have to.”

Wigan interim manager Leam Richardson said:

“The result’s obviously disappointing. I felt we really imposed ourselves on the game.”

BOSS Harry Kewell was downbeat despite Dylan Bahamboula’s wonderstrike earning 10-man Oldham a draw at Tranmere.

Davis Keillor-dunn had Oldham ahead but Rovers’ Calum Mcdonald and Kaiyne Woolery replied and the visitors had Sido Jombati dismissed before Bahamboula equalised.

Kewell (right) said: “I’m disappointed because I find it strange that we have to do something extraordinary to get something in a game.

“We create enough chances to kill teams off, and in the first 20 minutes today we were excellent.

“Then we fell back into playing silly passes which we shouldn’t do, we put ourselves under pressure and gave them an outlet.”

Tranmere’s Keith Hill said: “It is difficult after the game because I think we played well enough to win.”