‘We can't allow ourselves to get lazy’ – Balogun tasks Wigan as relegation battle heats up

Leon Balogun has harassed that Wigan can not afford to lose focus if they’re to keep away from relegation within the Championship.

Enjoying his maiden house recreation for the Latics, Paul Prepare dinner’s males secured a slim 1-Zero over Millwall to report their first win in three video games.

After a goalless first half inside DW Stadium, Shaun Hutchinson’s 57th-minute personal purpose determined the conflict.

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— Wigan Athletic (@LaticsOfficial) February 22, 2020

The Latics presently are two factors away from security, however the 31-year-old warned that his teammates shouldn’t relent but, insisting they need to “belief within the course of”.

Comfortable about my first win within the @laticsofficial shirt and even happier concerning the staff efficiency that led to it.
Large three pts – now it’s restoration after which on to the subsequent one #StepByStep #TrustTheProcess pic.twitter.com/aP9uTLrHjH

— Leon Balogun (@LeonBalogun) February 23, 2020

“While you have a look at the opposite outcomes, you see how large this win is for us,” Balogun informed Latics TV.

“The subsequent problem comes on Wednesday and hopefully we will step as much as the problem in opposition to Studying like we did in opposition to Millwall.

“I received my full debut final weekend, however it was away, so to introduce myself to the membership and the Wigan household on this method, it is good, it feels good.

“It was 100% deserved, particularly if you happen to have a look at the performances over latest weeks. Aside from Preston, we have been up there and shut. It felt like we should always have gained the video games in opposition to Middlesbrough and Cardiff.”

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— Wigan Athletic (@LaticsOfficial) February 22, 2020

He added: “I spoke to Sam Morsy about it, it is a course of and you may see immediately that we had extra confidence than final week. It is an enchancment, a step ahead and you must belief the method.

“We have misplaced one recreation in six video games, the remaining have been attracts or wins, so there’s positively a optimistic development and hopefully we will maintain going.

“We have got to go from game-to-game and be 100%. We have now to stay to what we’re doing and we are going to get our rewards. We won’t permit ourselves to get lazy or do one p.c much less.

“Towards Millwall you’ll be able to see that if everybody does their job, we will obtain 100%. It equals to outcomes and blissful faces.

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“We have now to take care of this case and the extra individuals we see out within the stadium standing with us, the higher it’s for us. We even have the accountability to reward them and provides again, it is give and take.”

Wigan are friends of Studying on Wednesday earlier than travelling to the Hawthorns for a date with West Bromwich Albion.