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Uwe Rösler

Tony Hodson
Uwe Rösler
Photography by Paul Cooper
Author
Tony Hodson
Published on
January 7 2022

FA Cup quarter final, March 9 2014

Manchester City 1Wigan Athletic 2

Nasri (68)

Gómez (27 pen), Perch (47)

It was under Roberto Martínez that Wigan Athletic shocked Manchester City in the 2013 FA Cup final. Ten months later Martínez was managing Everton, and Roberto Mancini had been succeeded at City by Manuel Pellegrini. City, incidentally, had recently won the League Cup, and were on the verge of beating Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool to the Premier League title. Wigan, having been relegated to the Championship before appointing former City striker Uwe Rösler as their manager, regardless beat them once again.

A superb defensive display, against so potent an attack, was what gave Rösler’s team an even less likely victory than that secured at Wembley Stadium the previous season. Speaking exclusively to The Coaches’ Voice, the then-Wigan manager revisits their successful approach.

Starting line-ups
Manchester CityWigan Athletic
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Manchester City4-2-4
Wigan Athletic5-3-2
30Costel Pantilimon
1Scott Carson
2Micah Richards
17Emmerson Boyce
26Martín Demichelis
21Iván Ramis
6Joleon Lescott
7Chris McCann
22Gaël Clichy
24James Perch
42Yaya Touré
3Stephen Crainey
14Javi García
14Jordi Gómez
15Jesús Navas
16James McArthur
8Samir Nasri
4Josh McEachran
9Álvaro Negredo
15Callum McManaman
16Sergio Agüero
32Marc-Antoine Fortuné