Soccer Football - FA Cup Fifth Round - Wigan Athletic vs Manchester City - DW Stadium, Wigan, Britain - February 19, 2018 Wigan Athletic manager Paul Cook reacts REUTERS/Andrew Yates
(Reuters) - Wigan Athletic manager Paul Cook had joked before Monday's FA Cup fifth round tie with Premier League leaders Manchester City that he would be asking for special dispensation to field 14 players.
In the end, against a multi-millionaire City side reduced to 10 men for the entire second half, he needed only 11 to achieve the unthinkable and win 1-0 on one of the greatest nights in the third tier club's Cup history.
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