Posted December 31, 2011 on AP on Fox
PLAYERS: Ben Watson

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Ben Watson came off the bench to salvage a 2-2 draw with a late penalty for 10-man Wigan in a dramatic finish against Stoke in the Premier League. Victor Moses put the struggling Latics ahead on the stroke of halftime, but Gary Caldwell was then sent off for deliberate handball in the 76th minute and Jonathan Walters converted the resulting penalty to draw eighth-placed Stoke level. Stoke thought it had secured three points when substitute Cameron Jerome made it 2-1 in the 84th, but Watson then converted a spot kick in the 87th with his first touch, after Ryan Shotton had been penalized for a tug on Hugo Rodallega's shirt. Robert Huth saw another header fly wide in the final minutes, while appeals for a second Stoke penalty were waved away after Ryan Shawcross took a tumble in stoppage time.
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