Going into this game Tottenham were looking for their third succe sive win in the Premier League while Wigan were trying to end their two game losing sequence. The match at Wigan would be a test of Tottenhams new found resolve and if it would stand up to battling it out against a team in the lower regions of the League.Wigan Athletic Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jersey 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Scorers: Diame Van der Vaart, BaleTeam: Friedel; Walker, Kaboul, King, A sou-Ekotto; Modric, Parker, Sandro (Livermore), Bale; Van der Vaart (Giovani), Adebayor The Spurs team showed two changes from the side which started against Liverpool a late withdrawal by Jermaine Defoe due to a virus and the continued absence of Niko Kranjcar through injury saw Rafael Van der Vaart and Sandro return to starting line-up.Spurs began brightly and were ahead after three minutes when Wigan gave the ball away to Emmanuel Adebayor who progre sed into the penalty area and played the ball acro s to Van der Vaart who smashed the it into the roof of the net. It was the perfect start for Spurs and they continued in a similar vein throughout the first half.The second goal came twenty minutes later when Gareth Bale met a Luka Modric corner and powerfully glanced the Jamaal Wilkes Jersey ball past the Wigan keeper. It was all to easy for Spurs with Bale a constant threat with his pacy running. He had a shot saved and then almost repeated his goal from another Modric corner. In the final minutes of the half a Bale cro s was powered over by Adebayor. Tottenhams pa sing and movement in the first half had been excellent with both Adebayor and Van der Vaart creating space by dropping into midfield to collect the ball.At half-time Wigan made changes to the shape of their team and were much more competitive and allowed Spurs le s time on the ball. This pre sure worked in their favour and within five minutes they had pulled a goal back. Poor defending by Spurs led to the goal as under pre sure Benoit A sou-Ekotto had an attempted pa s blocked, the ball went up into the air and was flicked back Julius Randle Jersey towards the goal by Ledley King and as it fell Younes Kaboul couldnt get a foot in to clear, allowing Mohamed Diame to score.This encouraged Wigan and they increased the pre sure on Spurs who were not as composed as in the first half and were stretched in their defensive work, just relieved to get the ball clear. As it looked as if Wigan would get a second, a second yellow card for Steve Gohouri for another foul on Bale reduced them to ten men and eased the threat on Tottenham.Against ten men Spurs were able Los Angeles Lakers Jersey to pa s the ball around while Wigan looked to hit them on the break with the long ball which the Spurs defence didnt cope with comfortably. Kaboul could have put the game beyond the home side on three occasions he saw a header from a Van der Vaart corner go just over the bar, his shot from a free-kick was deflected onto the bar and from the resulting corner taken by Bale he headed wide. Being only a goal behind gave Wigan hope and a long range shot almost caught Brad Friedel off his line but he recovered to collect easily. The final minutes remained nervy for Tottenham as any slip would have let Wigan in but the home Corey Brewer Jersey teams lack of control at the crucial pa s saw them spurn opportunities to level.At half-time, it looked as if Spurs would have a comfortable afternoon, but a revitalised Wigan made them work hard for the three points which have taken Spurs to sixth in the Premier League with a match in hand. Next up in the Premier League are near neighbours, Arsenal, at White Hart Lane. The squad players and youngsters will presumably have another game in the spotlight against Shamrock Rovers in the Europa League on Thursday evening.