FA Cup: Wigan end Manchester City quadruple bid with shocking 1-0 win

Referee gives a red card to Manchester City midfielder Fabian Delph Pic AFPPep Guardiolas quest to win an unprecedented quadruple with Manchester City came to a stunning and controversial end when they fell to a 10 defeat at thirdtier Wigan in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Monday In an uncanny repeat of the 2013 FA Cup final in which City had a player sent off before losing to a late Wigan winner Guardiolas side had Fabian Delph dismissed amid stormy scenes before Will Griggs 79thminute goal decided the gameA famous night was marred however by a postmatch pitch invasion by Wigan supporters which saw a number of them confront City players with striker Sergio Aguero required to defend himself Earlier the drama had been provided by Northern Ireland international Grigg who capitalised on an error by Kyle Walker who allowed a pass to run through to the Wigan man and kept ahead of John Stones before finishing clinically from just inside the areaIt was only Citys second defeat to English opposition since losing an FA Cup semifinal to Arsenal last April while their opponents can now look forward to a quarterfinal home tie with Southampton The pivotal sendingoff arrived in first half injurytime when Fabian Delph made a rash challenge on Wigans Max Power prompting referee Anthony Taylor to pull a yellow card out of his pocket before changing his mind and producing red That infuriated City players who surrounded the referee and the dispute spilled into the rival technical areas with Sergio Aguero having to be dragged away by Guardiola as he argued furiously with Wigan coachesThe scene turned even uglier with television cameras in the tunnel capturing footage of Guardiola and Wigan manager Paul Cook in a major verbal confrontation and being kept apart by staff Wasteful Aguero City might have enjoyed a far more comfortable evening had their record goalscorer Aguero not missed a golden opportunity after just two minutes heading over Bernardo Silvas pinpoint cross from just six yards And home keeper Christian Walton needed to be alert a few moments later diving smartly to parry away a fierce strike from Ilkay Gundogan Guardiola had made six changes for the tie while still fielding a strong lineup but two of his fringe players fullback Danilo and backup goalkeeper Claudio Bravo were guilty of errors which offered the hosts a glimmer of hopeFirst Bravo and Danilo dithered in dealing with the ball almost presenting Gareth Roberts with a chance on the sixyard line And then Danilo was robbed of the ball by Roberts the ball breaking for Grigg who raced half the length of the field before shooting into the sidenetting City were enjoying the bulk of possession but without the rested Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling were struggling to create clear chances They came close from Leroy Sanes 26thminute corner which Gundogan flicked across the sixyard area but defender Aymeric Laporte failed to connect with the ball at his feetWhen City next threatened after Stones headed down Delphs cross Fernandinhos shot rose over by some distance when he looked certain to score Gundogan and Danilo twice also threatened the Wigan goal and Walton saved superbly from an Aguero drive moments before the explosive dismissal of Delph Guardiola brought on England rightback Walker as a halftime substitute moving Danilo over to Delphs vacant leftback spotDespite their disadvantage City still enjoyed the majority of possession although apart from Chey Dunkley blocking a Danilo shot there was little to concern Walton as the tie approached the 65minute mark and Guardiola opted to bring De Bruyne into the fray The Belgians introduction brought a far greater threat from City particularly from setpieces On 73 minutes De Bruyne found Aguero at the nearpost but his shot was blocked and Danilo maintained the pressure with a low centre across the goalline before Griggs dramatic interventionCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates