Play for play
FA Cup winners Wigan were relegated from the Premier League after losing 4-1 to a rampant Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in a game where only three points would have saved their top- flight status. The Gunners, too, were desperate for a win to keep alive their ambition of finishing in the top four and Lukas Podolski capitalised on some woeful defending to hand the home side an early lead while a Shaun Maloney free kick – won in questionable circumstances – drew the visitors level before the break. Roberto Martinez's side threatened to put the dampeners on Arsenal's final home game of the season but clinical second-half strikes from Theo Walcott, Podolski and Aaron Ramsey ensured that they both regained control of the final Champions League qualification spot going into the last game of the season and terminated Wigan's eight-year stay in the top flight. Neither side came into the high-stakes encounter with fresh injury concerns and Arsene Wenger's decision to replace N...