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Martinez hails his Wigan players after amazing FA Cup triumph

Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez hailed his players after their amazing FA Cup shock against Manchester City.

Substitute Ben Watson headed a last-gasp winner after City had had Pablo Zabaleta sent off to secure a 1-0 win.

Martinez told ITV: "It's an incredible moment. At half-time we were all really down as we thought we had played really well in the first half.

"There was a real feeling of maybe we had wasted our opportunity, but this group of players keep on fighting.

"I was thinking about extra-time and how to use the extra man advantage. It was incredible seeing the goal going in."

Asked what the victory meant to Wigan, Martinez said: "When you are a football club you dream of playing at Wembley, and today we saw the underdogs play with incredible bravery, incredible belief and they defied the odds again. That's the FA Cup."

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