Wigan Athletic 2 Aston Villa 2: match report It was the sort of defending that has got Wigan relegated, but they were able to show their more impressive traits after that. Shaun Maloney slipped a pass through to Arouna Kone, but the Ivory Coast international took too long to shoot and Nathan Baker got back to make a tackle. Wigan were swarming all over Villa in midfield and were level at the end of a lovely move.Switching the ball from right to left, Maloney eventually found Roger Espinoza in space and his out-swinging cross was met by a brilliant header from Emmerson Boyce ten yards out which gave goalkeeper Brad Guzan no chance. Wigan should have moved into the lead before the break when they found themselves three against one on the break, but Kone's pass to James McArthur was too close to Guzan. Maloney also had a free-kick saved by the American before the home side finally did grab the advantage in stoppage time, Westwood clearing Watson's effort off the line only for it to hit Baker and bounce back into the net. Guzan was needed to make another decent save from Watson at the start of the second half, but as has so often been the case Wigan did not kill their opponents off when they were on top and, just seconds after Boyce's shot had clipped the bar, Ron Vlaar scored for Villa from Joe Bennett's free-kick, hooking the ball past Al-Habsi from 15 yards. Back came Wigan again, McArthur's side-footed volley from Espinoza's deep cross hitting the bar with 12 minutes remaining and Boyce unable to turn in the rebound.