A 94th-minute goal by substitute Martyn Waghorn rescued a Sky Bet Championship point for Wigan Athletic in a 1-1 draw at home to Bolton , who looked as though they were going to pull off the classic smash-and-grab . The home side had dominated for the vast majority of the contest , only to fall behind 20 minutes from time when Tom Walker 's shot was deflected past a helpless Ali Al Habsi for the opener . It was a crushing blow for a Wigan side that had hit the bar in the first half through James Perch , had a Leon Clarke goal chalked off for offside and seen Marc-Antoine Fortune fluff a relatively straight-forward heading chance . A 94th-minute goal by substitute Martyn Waghorn rescued a point for Wigan Athletic against Bolton . But they stuck to their task in the second period , and after Ben Amos had denied Jermaine Pennant with a stunning stop , the goalkeeper then tipped a Clarke header on to the bar as well as clawing away a Sheyi Ojo effort . It looked like time would run out on Wigan , but in the fourth of five added minutes , Waghorn equalised with a goal that could yet save their season . Wigan had started the game on the front foot , with Bolton content to play on the break . And the visitors showed their threat inside the early exchanges when Adam Le Fondre led a breakaway only for Gaetan Bong to save the day in the nick of time . Wigan were getting the ball wide at every opportunity to wingers Josh Murphy - making his full debut - and Pennant . But it was through the middle that they nearly broke the deadlock , with Perch 's 30-yard effort beating Amos only to hit the bar and come back out . The ball fell invitingly for Clarke , but the striker 's header was weak and straight at Amos . Wigan XI : Al Habsi , Boyce ( Kvist - 78 ) , Maguire , Pearce , Bong , Pennant ( Ojo - 67 ) , Kim , Perch , Murphy , Fortune ( Waghorn - 78 ) , Clarke . Subs not used : Carson , Taylor , McKay , Cowie . Goals : Waghorn 90 . Booked : Maguire . Bolton XI : Amos , Mills , McCarthy , Ream , Feeney , Trotter , Bannan , Rocha ( Vela - 55 ) , Walker ( Moxey - 82 ) , Le Fondre ( Davies - 68 ) , Heskey . Subs not used : Bogdan , Dervite , Gudjohnsen , Twardzik . Goals : Walker 70 . Booked : Davies . At the other end , Walker could not make the most of Liam Feeney 's cross , and the same player was unable to make amends moments later when he fired past the post . Former Wigan man Emile Heskey had a great opportunity to open the scoring on the half-hour mark but his free header from a corner flashed past the upright . Latics ended the half on a high and should have taken the lead when Murphy 's pinpoint cross found Fortune , whose header from point-blank was straight at Amos when either side would surely have brought about the opening goal . Wigan did have the ball in the net right on half-time through Clarke , but the striker looked well offside and the flag was up on the far side . The home side picked up where they left off after the restart , and a Pennant free-kick bound for the top corner was superbly clawed out by Amos . Pennant then had time and space in the box to pick his spot on the edge of the area , but his shot hit Clarke and was hacked away to safety . The visitors won a couple of corners but they were virtually non-existent as an attacking force , with Wigan asking all the questions . But with 20 minutes to go , the unthinkable happened and Wanders took an undeserved lead in extremely fortuitous circumstances . Walker 's shot from distance took a massive deflection off a defender , completely wrong-footing Al Habsi and rolling into the net to the delight of the packed away end behind the goal . Credit goes to Wigan for the way they stuck to their task , and Amos produced another fabulous stop to deny substitute Ojo before Clarke saw a header tipped on to the bar by the goalkeeper . It looked as though Bolton were going to hold on for all three points before , in the fourth added minute , Waghorn sent an overhead kick in off the bar to rescue a point for the hosts .
Thomas Walker fired Bolton into the lead with just 20 minutes left to play . But Martyn Waghorn equalised with just seconds of injury time to go . Draw with Bolton leaves Wigan five points adrift of Championship safety . Bolton are now without a Championship away win in seven matches .