Wigan boss Leam Richardson says Sunderland's Elliot Embleton was fortunate not to see red before scoring the goal that sparked the Black Cats' second-half comeback. Embleton was booked for a nasty sliding challenge on ex-Sunderland striker Charlie Wyke just in front of the dugouts inside the opening half-hour.
Wyke escaped serious damage and went on to put the Latics ahead just before half-time, but Embleton equalised soon after the break before Dennis Cirkin's brave header completed the turnaround and gave Sunderland a deserved three points. But Richardson says Embleton's challenge could easily have resulted in referee Keith Stroud producing a red card - and suggested that had one of his players committed the foul, he might have been sent off.
"The challenge didn't look great," said Richardson. "It might have been a different outcome if it had been the other way round, but I'm not going to look for excuses."
