Defender delighted as Latics win Home Park battle with 90^th minute winner.

Jason Kerr | “We dug deep for an important three points.”
Defender delighted as Latics win Home Park battle with 90^th minute winner.
Kerr: “Charlie is a really important part of our group; he is such a funny big guy, he’s been in touch and texting, wishing us good luck, making jokes. I am sure he was watching and smiling like the fans.”

Latics defender Jason Kerr praised the squad’s battling qualities as Leam Richardson’s side fought to a 2-1 victory at Plymouth Argyle on Tuesday evening.

Reflecting post-match after Callum Lang’s 90^th minute winner, Kerr said:

“It was a highly contested game but to win in the last minute makes it much sweeter.

“I feel like we battled so hard all through the game, a game that never really took a minute and we knew the game was always going to be like that.

“All the boys, the boys that came on, the substitutes, everyone put in a really good shift to get three points at the end.

“Whenever you score a last-minute goal there is a lot of emotion, though I felt today there was a little bit more emotion today with the week we have had.

We have had a lot of travelling so to get four points is really important, we really dug deep today and got the three points.”

Without doubt the toughest week many of the squad have faced in their careers, Kerr said the victory was for his teammate Charlie Wyke.

“It has been really difficult; Charlie is a big guy in the team,” he explained. “The gaffer spoke to us about trying to be as normal as we can, and we’ve tried to do that. It’s been difficult but we’ve pushed on and to get four points from two very tough away games is really good.

“Charlie is a really important part of our group; he is such a funny big guy, he’s been in touch and texting, wishing us good luck, making jokes. I am sure he was watching and smiling like the fans.

“I just want to thank the fans; to travel to Cambridge and then to Plymouth, they’re long journeys – so I just want to thank them. They were singing Charlie’s name all afternoon, which was touching, so that last-minute goal was for them and for Charlie as well.”

Jason Kerr | “We dug deep for an important three points.”