Carlos Tevez and Michael Carrick's goals helped Man United come from behind to beat Wigan 2-1 and move to within a point of the title.
The battling Latics stunned United when they took a first half lead through Hugo Rodallega at a rain-hit JJB Stadium. However the visitors rallied after the break and super-sub Tevez levelled, before Carrick won the game late on to leave United just a point against Arsenal at Old Trafford on Saturday away from retaining their Premier League crown.Wigan had the first opportunity to score in the second minute when Luis Antonio Valencia burst through on goal, but he chipped the ball just wide of he upright under pressure from Nemanja Vidic.
However United started to take control and should have gone ahead on 10 minutes when Dimitar Berbatov did well to get a cross in from the right and Wayne Rooney somehow managed to head wide with the goal at his mercy.
A minute later some good passing play by United saw Cristiano Ronaldo hand a chance to Michael Carrick, but his effort from inside the area just looped wide of the post.
Charles N'Zogbia had a fierce free kick from the right side of the area tipped behind by United keeper Edwin Van der Sar on 15 minutes.
The Red Devils looked to be getting to grips with the game when they fell behind on 28 minutes.
Lee Cattermole's cross into the area was won by Rodallega in an aerial dual with Vidic. After both players momentarily lost sight of the ball, the Colombian reacted quickly to hammer a low shot past Van der Sar from close range.
Wigan looked fairly comfortable with the lead until the final minute of the first half when Rooney had another opportunity at the back post after a flowing, passing move, but blazed his effort over Richard Kingson's crossbar.
United started the second half brightly and continued to chip away at the Wigan back line, before they finally got the equaliser on 61 minutes. Tevez, who had only been on the pitch for three minutes, cleverly back-heeled a wayward Carrick shot past Kingson from close range.
United thought they should have had a penalty on 72 minutes when Ronaldo was clearly knocked over in the area by Maynor Figueroa as he burst into the box.
However they did grab the all-important winner on 86 minutes when John O'Shea teed up Carrick on the edge of the area and his left-foot strike flew into Kingson's top corner.
Ronaldo had the chance to put the icing on the cake but wasted his third good chance of the game, lashing it wide from the right side of the area in stoppage time.
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