REACTION Tom Cleverley, Ryan Lowe
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 October 2025 09:33
- Published on Saturday, 04 October 2025 19:31
- Written by ROSS REID at Home Park
In-form Murray latched on to a defence-splitting Christian Saydee pass to hammer home past Argyle keeper Conor Hazard.
Argyle took the lead when Swiss striker Lorent Tolaj – who hit the bar in the 16th minute - won and cheekily converted a 70th minute penalty, calmly clipping the ball over Wigan number one Sam Tickle.
Argyle boss Tom Cleverley said: “Tolly (Lorent Tolaj) has been in that position a lot more times than I have and the ball has ended up in the back of the net.
“He’s got a great goalscoring record and that makes him unpredictable as a penalty taker.
“Would I have done that on the windiest day of the year? I’m not sure I would but I must say it was executed very well.”
Reflecting on the match Cleverley rued: “It is a disappointing point.
“First of all, I don’t think it’s an unfair point.
“I don’t think we did enough to win the football match.
“I didn’t think either team did.
“It looked like it had nil-nil written all over it.
“It becomes a disappointing point when we get ahead.
“I didn’t think Wigan did anything all afternoon to break us down, maybe got in our box a couple of times directly.
“But when you are ahead in those games they are the type of games after you say ‘I love them scruffy one-nils’.
“That’s what that should have been.
“It was a massively preventable goal we have conceded.
“It’s not the only reason we have not won the game today.
“I didn’t think we took the game to them enough
“It’s a fair point but it’s a disappointing one.”
Lowe said: “Fraser’s a good finisher. I think he’s our leading goal scorer now. He’s on five goals. He’s a fantastic lad, a Scot, my first signing. He reminds me a little bit of Joe Edwrds, my first signing when I first came down here. He's got that determination, he’s tenacious and a good footballer. I am really pleased with him and really pleased with the squad.
"We are probably just a little bit behind of getting to that next step, where Argyle have just come down from it. They could potentially go back up at the first attempt. We are building and it feels like I am to Plymouth Argyle, back to building Wigan Athletic to get to where we want to get to.
“It’s been a different week in terms of the build-up to this.
“We knew that Argyle have turned a little bit of a corner. We knew how good they were going to be.
“I think we nullified their strengths.
“The decision for the penalty I am disappointed in it. I think the whole crowd were disappointed in some decisions.
“It is what it is, you can’t do anything about it, you can’t dwell on it now.
“We got a fantastic goal. We said (at half time) we’d have a bit more of the ball in the second half.
“We knew we’d be able to play a little bit more because the wind caused carnage for both teams.
“I would definitely have been aggrieved if we didn’t get a point.
“On another day maybe, you’d want to take three but I am not going to be too fussy. A point is a good point when you’re coming here.
“We quietened the fans for a bit then then they scored so then - as they always do, they are fantastic, the fans got right behind them. Then we quietened them again after our goal and I am thinking ‘go on then’.”
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