Pep almost played for Wigan

The club’s official Twitter page lit up, with special praise heaped on Will Grigg for lifting the League One club 1-0 over the Premier League giants.

Apart from beating them in the 2013 final, Wigan had also dumped them out at the quarter-final stage of the competition at the Etihad Stadium a season later.

“Our lads deserve credit for their work and some of the blocks they made were outstanding and to beat Man City you have to do that”.

Sergio Aguero’s furious clash with a pitch invader was sparked when the Man City star was spat at, it has been claimed.

Wigan survived near-constant pressure, even after City were reduced to 10 men following Fabian Delph’s sending off on the stroke of half-time, but their defensive stoicism laid the foundations for Will Grigg’s late victor – his seventh goal in this year’s competition.

Pep Guardiola has named a very strong line-up including Sergio Aguero and David Silva as his Manchester City side take on League One opposition Wigan Athletic in the FA Cup fifth round. “Of course, with 11 it’s easier”.

Gundogan flashed a shot over from a tight angle on the right on 35 minutes after spinning way from his marker inside the box, while Danilo missed the target with two attempts from distance in the closing stages. Football is like this.

Still with plenty to do, the Northern Ireland favourite kept his cool to slot his seventh of the competition past Bravo and claim a place in FA Cup history. “Congratulations to Wigan, all the best for the future”.

“We certainly wish them well fighting on all fronts because they represent English football so well”.

Referee Anthony Taylor initially pulled the yellow card from his pocket but then upgraded the punishment to red.

The game’s major talking happened in first-half stoppage time when Wigan only half cleared a City corner and Fabian Delph went lunging into a 50-50 challenge that left Max Power in a heap.

The BBC’s tunnel cam captured the pair continuing their skirmish at half-time, with staff trying to keep them away from one another. The Northern Ireland global seized possession on halfway and charged upfield before slotting a fine shot past Bravo from the edge of the area.

After the match, Wigan supporters stormed onto the pitch in jubilation.

Supporters from both clubs were involved in scuffles, while television pictures appeared to show a home fan and striker Aguero involved in a physical exchange.

Both played down the incident after the match, with Cook saying: “There are no problems”.