Stoke 2 Wigan 2:Stoke came from behind twice to earn a draw at home to Wigan but had goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen to thank for saving an 89th-minute Hugo Rodallega penalty.
Emmerson Boyce’s early header was cancelled out by Tuncay Sanli’s first goal for the Potters before the interval.
Maynor Figueroa scored one of the goals of the season with a 72nd-minute free-kick from inside his own half to put Wigan ahead.
Robert Huth fouled Scott Sinclair two yards inside the Latics half but with no Stoke player standing over the ball the Honduran left back launched the free-kick goalwards and it sailed over Sorensen and into the top corner.
However, the lead lasted just two minutes as Ryan Shawcross outjumped Figueroa to head in Matt Etherington’s corner with Chris Kirkland caught in no-man’s land.
In the 89th minute Huth brought down Jordi Gomez, who was offside, but Rodallega fired his spot-kick straight at Sorensen, who has now conceded just one of the last six penalties he has faced in the Premier League.
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