Rejigged, but not revived, and almost immediately Liverpool suffered another scare when MarceloMoreno blocked Carragher's clearance and with the ball looping towards the goal Kyrgiakos had to head away from under the bar.
Having handed a first start to Bolivian striker MarceloMoreno, a deadline day loan signing from Shakhtar Donetsk, Wigan had a focal point for their attack, with Rodallega cutting in from the left and N'Zogbia from the right.