West Ham United vs Wigan Athletic. Premier League.
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Saturday 20 April 2013 18:41, UK
Kevin Nolan netted his 100th career goal as West Ham United pushed Wigan Athletic a little deeper into the relegation mire with a 2-0 victory at Upton Park.
Roberto Martinez claimed afterwards that luck had deserted Wigan once again, but is confident they can steer clear of trouble if they maintain their current performance level. He told Sky Sports: "The two goals that we conceded are a little bit soft, but if you look at the overall balance of play and the amount of chances that we created, we deserved to get much more than what we got today. "Sometimes you have moments like that in a season when you play very well and luck doesn't allow you to collect the rewards that you deserve. If we keep performing like that, we will get the points that we need." Sam Allardyce believes West Ham are now safe and is looking for them to keep their foot on the gas and wrap up a top-half finish. He told Sky Sports: "It's our first season back in the big league and if we can finish around this position, this was our maximum finish for us this season. We felt that our absolute maximum would be around tenth, if we could get there. "I know mathematically we are still not safe and people will say I shouldn't say this, but it's been a long, long time since someone went down with 42 points."
