| Man City | 1-0 (HT 0-0) | Wigan |
| Zabaleta 53 | ||
| Bookings: Robinho 70 | Bookings: Cattermole 34 Bramble 41 Palacios 86 Kirkland 90+5 | |
| Sent off: Dunne 54 |
Pablo Zabaleta's strike gave 10-man Manchester City a battling victory over Wigan after Richard Dunne was sent off.
City dominated early on with Robinho missing when clean through and having another shot cleared off the line.
Zabaleta did find the net on 53 minutes with a powerful effort but straight from the restart City captain Dunne was sent off for kicking out at Amir Zaki.
Wigan poured forward but Zaki missed an open goal when he headed over and they could not make their pressure count.
Unsurprisingly, the build-up to this match had been dominated by the potential arrival of AC Milan superstar Kaka at City for a fee that could top the £100m mark.
Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Onuoha, Dunne, Richards, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Kompany, Elano, Robinho, Sturridge (Garrido 62).Subs Not Used: Schmeichel, Vassell, Jo, Fernandes, Caicedo, Weiss.
Sent Off: Dunne (54).
Booked: Robinho.
Goals: Zabaleta 53.
Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Bramble (Camara 87), Scharner, Figueroa (Kapo 74), Valencia, Palacios, Cattermole, Taylor (De Ridder 58), Heskey, Zaki.
Subs Not Used: Kingson, Edman, Brown, Boyce.
Booked: Cattermole, Bramble, Palacios, Kirkland.
Att: 41,262
Ref: Lee Mason (Lancashire).
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