The F.A. Cup is all about upsets - or is that Cupsets. Well, it certainly did not disappoint as Wigan Athletic pulled off a brilliant 1-0 win over Manchester City to clinch their first ever major trophy in dramatic style.
Ben Watson will be the name etched in the history of Wigan, with the midfielder coming on from the bench to head home the winner in the 90th minute after Pablo Zabaleta had been sent off in the second half for Manchester City for a second bookable offence.
"This is an incredible moment," Roberto Martinez said. "We were down at halftime because we played well in the first half and we didn't take our chances.
"There was a feeling that we had wasted our opportunity. But these players never feel beaten and we kept going.
"I was thinking about extra-time when the goal went in. The performance was magnificent, we went eye to eye with a great team."
Wigan gave a really good account of themselves in the first half, with the less-favoured side shading it against Manchester City.
City, though, created the first chance, with Yaya Toure forcing a nice save from Joel Robles after the ball fell to the midfielder courtesy a rebound from a Carlos Tevez freekick.
Wigan took a few minutes to get settled into the biggest game in their history, but once they did, they started creating quite a few chances. Arouna Kone found Callum McManaman through the middle, but after finding space by getting past Matija Nastasic the forward fired his shot wide from eight yards.
Kone was a constant threat, causing quite a bit of panic in the City defence with his intelligent runs, although he never could convert that into an actual chance or a goal.
Shaun Maloney then had a nice little opportunity to test Joe Hart, but fired his strike from 20 yards wide.
The best chance of the half, though, fell to City, with Samir Nasri finding David Silva, who in turn squared the ball to Carlos Tevez. However, the Argentine's goal-bound effort from 12 yards was brilliantly kept out by the feet of Joel.
Wigan had a penalty shout soon after, with Roger Espinoza going down under the challenge of Pablo Zabaleta, but referee Andre Marriner decided to wave play on.
McManaman again had a glorious opportunity to open the scoring, but some desperate defending from City just about kept the Wigan forward from making it 1-0.
Nasri, at the other end, then tested Joel again, with the keeper standing tall by pushing the City playmaker's stinging 22-yard drive well out of danger.
Wigan started really brightly in the second half, but chances were few and far between. City, who were also struggling to create any clearcut chances, had a penalty appeal turned down when Sergio Aguero went down under a clumsy challenge from Paul Scharner.
James Milner nearly made an immediate impact after coming on for Nasri. The midfielder found an overlapping Zabaleta, whose cross just eluded the feet of Silva.
Shaun Maloney then hit the top of the crossbar off a freekick, before Wigan were handed a huge lifeline.
Gareth Barry gave the ball away in midfield, which released the excellent McManaman to tear through City; Zabaleta brought down the Wigan forward, with referee Marriner having no choice but to show a second yellow card to the Argentine, leaving City battling against the odds with ten men.
Wigan now had their tails up sensing history in the making, as they went in search for the winner, which deservedly and finally came right on 90 minutes, and from an unlikely source.
Maloney swung in a nice corner for substitute Watson to power home with his head into the top corner, as Wigan celebrated their biggest ever triumph, while sending a set of supporters and indeed a town into raptures.
