"Masterful tackle. That was almost another goal had Sancho been let through," the commentary judged, but the United fans weren't in agreement.
They fully felt that the challenge was a bit overdone and that the referee should have at least given them a foul, but that didn't happen.
Instead, the referee pointed towards the sidelines on the other side, where Erik Ten Hag, sensing the momentum shift, had chosen to use all the remaining substitutions he had to slow down the game.
The physios came on with water bottles nobody needed, players walked slowly to their positions, and the moment that had been building in Wigan's favour quietly bled out onto the Wembley turf.
"This is how football is won sometimes," the commentator said.
"Not with the ball, not with a tackle. Erik Ten Hag has seen exactly what was happening, and he has simply stopped the clock. You cannot legislate for that. The Wigan fans know it, Dawson knows it, everyone in this stadium knows it."
