Wigan Athletic overcame Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 on the back of Hugo Rodalegga’s second half strike, on Satuday afternoon, in the Premier League.

Rodalegga’s angular shot ensured that the Latics finally had points on the scoreboard, after beginning their League campaign with two losses. Steve Gouhori’s volley into the cross bar, and Antolin Alcarez’s miss were other chances for the visitors to add to their tally, on the day.

Jermaine Defoe had a couple of chances in the first half, the closest Spurs came to scoring. Ali Al Habsi brought off a great save when Defoe took a close range shot off a pass from Benoit Assou-Ekotto. In the second instance, Defoe got past two defenders, only to shoot wide.

Wigan showed grit in a match mediocre Spurs didn’t deserve to win. With this win, Wigan put the memory of their last visit to White Hart Lane behind them. On that occasion, Defoe score five goals in a 9-1 mauling of the Latics.

Wigan gave themselves a boost after successive home defeats of 4-0 and 6-0, at the DW Stadium. Assou-Ekotto was outstanding in defence for Wigan, and came close to creating goal scoring opportunities in the first quarter hour of the game. Crouch’s forced off due to injury was replaced by Pavlyuchenko, but not to any avail.

And after Rodalegga’s searing shot that left Spurs ‘keeper Carlo Cudicini standing, Defoe, Nico Krancjar and Michael Dawson, each had the opportunity to level the score, but failed to prevent a rare home defeat for the White Hart Lane outfit.