By the time the dust had settled on a quite bonkers finale at the DW Stadium, Wigan’s eight-game winning run was over and Yeovil were celebrating the most dramatic of draws.

Five goals in the final 13 minutes saw the game swing in both teams’ favour before Luke Ayling snatched the last of them deep into stoppage time to check Wigan’s playoff charge and earn his side a valuable point in the battle to stay up.

‘I’ve never seen more drama than that,’ admitted Wigan boss Uwe Rosler, who confirmed that he has signed Jack Collison on loan from West Ham.

‘I knew that at one point the run would end. If it had to end with a draw then I’d have taken that. We were on our knees for the last 10 minutes.’ Wigan’s carelessness threatened to cost them dear as early as the 24th minute when referee Andy D’Urso decided that Matteo Lanzoni was guilty of fouling of Nick Powell at a corner and pointed to the spot.

Jordi Gomez had converted crucial penalties in two of his last three games against Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday, and you would have backed him to do so again. But Marek Stech guessed the right way and pounced to his left to make an excellent save.

Wigan finally found a way through when Callum McManaman broke down the right flank where three Yeovil players tried to intercept him. The low cutback invited James McArthur to finish from 15 yards and his sliced attempt fell perfectly for Powell to score with a stooping header from close-range.

And that was just about it until the 82nd minute. Wigan were heading for a ninth straight win – their best run since joining the Football League in 1978 – only to be stunned by two goals in as many minutes by Ishmael Miller. Both were curled in with his left foot, the first after a wonderful pass from Ayling and the second from Jamie McAllister’s cross.

But when Jean Beausejour provided the crosses for James McArthur to steer home an equaliser and the unfortunate Byron Webster to head into his own net in quick succession, the advantage was back with Wigan.

It didn’t last. With keeper Stech out of his goal and upfield for a corner, Ayling got his right foot to a cross from Tom Lawrence in the fifth minute of added time to apply the final twist of the night.

‘It’s a much bigger point for us than it is for Wigan,’ said Yeovil boss Gary Johnson. ‘We didn’t want to lie down and die.’

—Daily Mail