Everton 0-3 Latics

Any doubts that the Latics aren't taking the FA cup seriously were simply blown away as they put in a devastating performance to leave Everton and their fans at Goodison Park well and truly shell shocked, a blistering first half with three very good goals sealed the passage for a first ever FA cup semi-final and a trip to Wembley in April

Roberto Martinez named his strongest starting eleven in the competition this season, a welcome return to first team duty for long term absentee Antolin Alcaraz was a real bonus as the teams were read out and there was definitely a buzz about the lads from Wigan

In the opening exchanges it was the Latics who looked most likely to score, Shaun Maloney struck the inside of the post with a tremendous curling effort from 25 yards and Arouna Koné was running the Everton back line a merry dance.

It wasn't a surprise when the opening goal came on 30 minutes and was just about what the Latics deserved on the balance of play, a corner was swung into the box from the right and Maynor Figueroa lost his marker to plant a firm header into the back of the net giving Mucha in the Everton goal no chance, 0-1

If that was no surprise to score again one minute later was, Everton looked visibly shell shocked with the dominance of the Latics and the pressing by Martinez's men was forcing errors from the home side, Phil Neville had the ball on the half way line and he attempted to knock the ball back to centre half Distin, instead he found Latics wideman Callum McManaman who outpaced the Everton defence and coolly slotted beyond Mucha from 10 yards, 0-2

Two minutes later the game was over, a quick break out of defence, the ball was knocked to Koné who, from wide left, found Jordi Gomez just outside the Everton box, the Latics midfield man hit a stunning effort that curled around two defenders and into the bottom corner of the net, 0-3

Loud boos rang out from the home supporters, but the score-line was more to do with the performance of the Latics rather than a poor display from Everton

Further chances were created before the half-time whistle and it's no exaggeration to suggest that we could've gone in for our cuppa four or five goals up

Moyes tried to shake things up, bringing on Anichebe for Neville, but the Latics simply played out the remainder of the game at their pace and a fantastic overall performance saw us progress to the semi-final of the worlds most glamorous domestic cup competition for the first time in our history

Brilliant

Quite difficult to pick one player out, but if pressed I'd have to go for Shaun Maloney, involved in everything and unlucky not to grab a couple of goals himself


By permission of Bernard Platt/Wigan Athletic Everton - Mucha, Baines, Coleman, Heitinga, Distin, Mirallas (Barkley 79), Neville (Anichebe 46), Osman, Pienaar, Fellaini (Gibson 67), Jelavic
Subs not used - Springthorpe, Naismith, Hitzlsperger, Duffy

Latics - Robles, Boyce, Scharner, Alcaraz (Golobart 90), Figueroa, McCarthy, Maloney, Gomez, McManaman (Miyaichi 40) (McArthur 72), Beausejour, Kone
Subs not used - Al Habsi, Stam, Di Santo, Henriquez

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