Dara Costelloe's unique reaction to breaking Wigan Athletic duck - 'I let out a shout, I was just gone'

The summer signing from Burnley finally broke his duck at the 10th time of asking to set Latics off to a comfortable win at the Brick.

And although head coach Ryan Lowe had regularly said he was more concerned about Costelloe's overall contribution rather than his goals, the man himself acknowledged his huge 'relief' at finding the mark.

"It's definitely been a long time coming, and it's a big relief off my shoulders," he said. "I should probably have had another in the second half, and that's something I need to look at.

"But it's good to get the first one off my back. It was always going to be one of those little rubbish ones from a yard, but you'll take anything when you're in a bit of a drought.

"I turned to the fans and...it was just a weight off the shoulders...I let out a shout and I was just gone! I felt shattered, all the weight had been lifted, the pressure gone, but it's about continuing that.

"It's something to build on and hopefully it's something I can take into next week. I hit the bar last week at Lincoln from outside the box, and that would have been a good way to score my first goal, as well as to win the game.

"But sometimes the goals from a yard are the ones that matter, if I can get 10 or 11 of them this season, I'll be flying."

On the 'pressure' of not having found the net so far, Costelloe added: "I think it was more me putting myself under pressure than anything else.

"It was kind of weighing on me a little bit, and it's up to me to learn to deal with that. Look, I've worked hard over the last few weeks to get myself into a good mindset to try to forget about it, and it's worked out!

"As a striker, it's my job to either create or score goals, that's where the pressure comes in. When you're not delivering, you have to bide your time and be confident in what you're doing. That's on me now, to build on this and keep it going."