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Martinez's men put in fabulous display, says Thommo

Last updated: 12th February 2012  

It was a very, very good Wigan performance. Bolton have got a lot to do on this performance.

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Rock-bottom Wigan deserved to beat Bolton as they dominated possession, according to Phil Thompson.

Goals from Gary Caldwell and James McArthur sandwiched a 67th minute strike by Bolton's Mark Davies to earn Roberto Martinez's side all three points.

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And Thompson said victory was no more than Wigan deserved.

"It was a fabulous performance," he said. "You see them at the bottom of the league but with three points they've gone within a point of Bolton.

"Roberto Martinez played an interesting formation - it was a 3-4-3 formation, which is different from what a lot of other teams play.

"They dominated possession and played really, really well. The only surprising thing was it took them 43 minutes to score because they don't really have that cutting edge.

"It was an absolutely superb [equaliser by Davies] but it was really against the run of play."

After the match Bolton boss Owen Coyle criticised his side's first-half display - and with away trips to Chelsea and Manchester City on their horizon, Thompson explained he has real worries for Wanderers.

"[David] Wheater and Zat Knight are not really strong at the back," he said before turning his attention back to Wigan.

"It was the best that I've seen Franco Di Santo play, Jordi Gomez and certainly Moses was very, very good - he had the pace to run at them and cause problems. It was Moses who had the assist for the winning goal.

"Caldwell was outstanding at the back - sometimes he gets criticised but he was an absolute Trojan; he headed everything, tackled everything and played really well.

"McArthur and McCarthy - two James in central midfield - they dominated the possession. Both of them were absolutely excellent. So all-round, as you can see, it was a very, very good Wigan performance. Bolton have got a lot to do on this performance."

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