Wigan draw again as Will Keane rescues a point

Wigan made it three draws from three on their return to the Sky Bet Championship after a 1-1 draw against Bristol City.

There was a slight delay to proceedings while a pigeon was encouraged to fly away from just in front of Wigan’s Callum Lang before kick-off.

But it was the home side who were soon in a flap, when a swift break from City saw top scorer Andreas Weimann slot home at the far post with only six minutes gone.

City also had what looked to be a decent shout for a penalty when Wigan centre-back Jason Kerr appeared to collide with Tommy Conway as he was shooting, only for the referee to wave play on.

Wigan had an even bigger let off when, after a tangle between the two grounded players, Joe Bennett clearly lashed out at former Wigan man Joe Williams.

After taking an eternity, and consulting his assistant, referee John Busby brandished only a yellow card – when most officials would surely have gone for red.

Wigan took advantage of their fortune and asked a few questions of their own, with Max Power seeing a deflected effort saved by goalkeeper Dan Bentley.

Power then turned provider, with his pinpoint free-kick being headed into the ground and over the crossbar by Josh Magennis, who might have done better.

Magennis was then inches away from applying a finishing touch to Bennett’s wonderful delivery from the left.

And the Northern Ireland international was then wondering what he had to do to score when, after taking delivery of a difficult through ball over his shoulder, he swivelled in mid-air before slotting the ball just wide of the far post.

At the other end, Conway found only the side-netting after good work by Mark Sykes, with the visitors pleased to get through to half-time with their lead intact.

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