football doesn't get more cruel than this...

poor wigan athletic. just when they were on the verge of clinching a valuable point against a poor manchester united side in a game they deserved to win, fate dealt them a cruel, cruel blow that will even leave the united fans wincing for them. 92 minutes into the contest with a minute to go, united somehow got the ball to louis saha in the penalty area. the resulting shot goes off the left upright, but fate conspired somehow to have wigan's star defender of the night in the path of the rebound. the ball bounced off chimbonda's chest and into the empty net.

even the most die hard united fan must be feeling the smallest shred of sympathy for chimbonda, whose good performance on the night was ended with a desperate swipe in the air at the ball he accidentally put into his own net. it's a crying shame that a poor man united could nip such an unlikely escape, and wigan definitely deserved more than the 0 points they got out of a sterling performance that was otherwise devoid of luck.