{"id":413310,"date":"2011-05-01T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/01\/ali-al-habsi-insists-wigan-have-the-confidence-to-beat-relegation\/"},"modified":"2011-05-01T20:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T20:17:00","slug":"ali-al-habsi-insists-wigan-have-the-confidence-to-beat-relegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/01\/ali-al-habsi-insists-wigan-have-the-confidence-to-beat-relegation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Al Habsi insists Wigan have the confidence to beat relegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Omar Shahid<\/h3>\n<h4>1 May 2011 21:17:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.6675840979\">\n<div readability=\"13.9534883721\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ali Al Habsi - Wigan (Getty images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/4ed8b867122218_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ali Al Habsi &#8211; Wigan (Getty images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"36.1388888889\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/oman\/4797\/ali-al-habsi\">Ali Al Habsi<\/a> is adamant his relegation-threatened <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/536\/wigan-athletic\">Wigan<\/a> have the confidence to remain in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n<p>Wigan currently lie 18th in the table, and were handed a blow by Everton on Saturday as they let slip a one-goal advantage to draw 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>The Latics face Aston Villa, West Ham, and, finally, Stoke in the last game of the season, fixtures which Al Habsi believes will be tough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know we have three other games. They are going to be tough but we have to stay relaxed and think carefully about the next game against Aston Villa,&#8221; Al Habsi told <em>Sky Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the games against Villa and West Ham are the biggest games of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to leave it until the end &#8211; we want to get something from these two games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course we can do it. We have confidence and good players in the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We played a fantastic game against Everton and it was not easy, but we have to understand everything is in our hands.<\/p>\n<p>Al Habsi has had an impressive season at Wigan after joining on a loan from Bolton, and despite plenty of clubs showing interest in Omani keeper, he insists he is happy at the DW Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am happy to play week after week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been fantastic to come to this football club and to play in this league.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope to finish playing with this club this season having helped them stay in this league.&#8221;<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/4ed8b867122218_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/01\/2467017\/ali-al-habsi-insists-wigan-have-the-confidence-to-beat\" title=\"Ali Al Habsi insists Wigan have the confidence to beat relegation\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ali Al Habsi insists Wigan have the confidence to beat relegation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Omar Shahid 1 May 2011 21:17:00 Ali Al Habsi &#8211; Wigan (Getty images) Related Links Teams Players Ali Al Habsi is adamant his relegation-threatened Wigan have the confidence to remain in the Premier League this season. Wigan currently lie 18th in the table, and were handed a blow by Everton on Saturday as they let slip a one-goal advantage to draw 1-1. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":413311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-413310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ali Al Habsi insists Wigan have the confidence to beat relegation - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/01\/ali-al-habsi-insists-wigan-have-the-confidence-to-beat-relegation\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ali Al Habsi insists Wigan have the confidence to beat relegation - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Omar Shahid 1 May 2011 21:17:00 Ali Al Habsi - Wigan (Getty images) Related Links Teams Players Ali Al Habsi is adamant his relegation-threatened Wigan have the confidence to remain in the Premier League this season. 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