United beat Wigan with late own goal

Manchester United fought back to beat an unfortunate Wigan Athletic 2-1 thanks to a stoppage time own goal by Pascal Chimbonda in the Premier League last night.

The win took United back above Liverpool into second place with 57 points from 27 games although they trail leaders Chelsea by 15 points, albeit with a game in hand. Wigan stay 10th.

Last month's League Cup finalists were meeting for the third time this season but Wigan gave a far better performance than they had in a 4-0 defeat at the Millennium Stadium last month.

They were desperately unlucky not to take something from the game as Chimbonda turned the ball into his own net after Louis Saha's shot came back off the bar and hit the full back. Sprightly Wigan had taken the lead through Paul Scharner after a goalmouth scramble just before the hour but United levelled 14 minutes later through Cristiano Ronaldo.