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Fulham (2) 2-2 (1) Wigan
A vital point came with the sting of taunts for Kit Symons from his own fans.
The home faithful rounded on their own gaffer when he substituted second scorer Matt Smith just past the hour and Ross McCormack in injury time for a defender.
"You don't know what you're doing," chorused three sides of the ground.
Six minutes later Whites were made to pay when they surrendered the lead for the second time.
This was a nervy encounter by two sides betraying their lowly status. Full of endeavour, it was, full of goalmouth action, it was not.
Even so, he shoots; he scores. Ross McCormack needed no second invitation after just four minutes when he received the ball from Sean Kavanagh 20 yards out and curled beyond the grasp of Scott Carson diving left.
It was the Scot's 15th goal of the season and his third in a row.
Jermaine Pennant proved that when it comes to curling free-kicks there is none better in the Championship than his.
He scored twice recently shooting right-footed from the left. Fulham knew what was coming when the former Stoke star shaped up in the same spot on 22d minutes, but there was nothing they could do as the ball sailed over the wall and beyond the despairing dive of Marcus Bettinelli.
Anything Pennant can do, Matt Smith can clearly do just as well.
The striker, known better as bullet supplier to McCormack, fired a peach from 22 yards out, with Wigan forwards backing off expecting a pass.
Instead, he passed it into the net over Scott Carson who could do nothing but sorrowfully shake his head.
Wigan were level just shy of 70 minutes when a Latics corner was headed on by Harry Maguire to Jason Pearce who fired into the roof of the net - and pretty much against the run of play.
Dan Burn headed over straight after, and a point will do for Fulham given the plight of other sides down the bottom, but they will probably have to sweat another week to be absolutely sure.
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