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Match report: Wigan Athletic 1-0 Arsenal U-21s

We suffered late heartbreak against Wigan Athletic as we were beaten 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the Papa John's Trophy on Tuesday night.

Kevin Betsy had a strong contingent of players to choose from and deployed our key men from the start, with Charlie Patino, Salah Oulad M'Hand and Mika Biereth all starting.

After an assured opening 10 minutes, in which we dominated possession, we came within inches of taking the lead, Salah-Eddine's curling strike from outside the box rattling the crossbar and going over.

Salah-Eddine almost turned provider shortly after, when his pinpoint through ball found Biereth, whose strike was smothered by the onrushing Jamie Jones.