League Cup: Wigan Athletic beat Bolton on penalties

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Wigan Athletic beat Bolton Wanderers 5-4 on penalties in a feisty local derby to reach the third round of the Carabao Cup.

There were few chances in a scrappy first 45 minutes. This opening period saw the hosts shown four yellow cards.

Watch the highlights in the video below

Wigan goalkeeper James Jones fired in the hosts' final penalty. Nathan Delfouneso missed the final kick to give Wigan the win.

There was a superb atmosphere at the DW Stadium for the tie. Over 4,000 Bolton fans made the short trip to Wigan. See a video of the Bolton fans singing below. 

It was the hosts who went through, however, and for the second time on penalties this season after they beat Hull City by spot-kicks in the first round.

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Wigan Athletic boss Leam Richardson spoke with BBC Radio Manchester:

"It's important that we're aware of where we were not so long ago. It's important we work hard to get some depth out of the window.

"The lads who took to the field tonight have worked really hard this week to do what we want and I though the subs also maintained the standards and took it up as well."

Bolton Wanderers boss Ian Evatt told the same radio station: 

"It was tight, there weren't many chances at either end. I thought we probably had the better [of the chances].

"We gave it our best shot. We didn't lose the game. We competed well. We're disappointed. We were on the right side of a shoot-out at Barnsley and the wrong side here.

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