Owen Moxon wants Wigan Athletic to use Barnsley injustice to fuel them against Exeter City

Latics came agonisingly close to a deserved victory at Oakwell, only for the hosts to take advantage of Callum Wright's late red card to pop up with a dramatic 96th-minute leveller.

That means Latics - who at one point in-play on Tuesday had a six-point buffer over the drop zone - are now only a point ahead of Blackpool, who currently occupy the fourth relegation position.

Meaning even more pressure attached to Saturday's visit of Gary Caldwell's old side.

"It was very frustrating to not come away from Barnsley with the win," said Moxon. "There were plenty of positives to take from it - as well as some negatives we need to work on.

"Coming away from the game, though, it definitely felt a bit like a loss because of how well we played.

"We should see the game out at 1-0...and I don't think it was a sending-off, which obviously kills us.

"But we can do better with controlling the game and killing it off in the first half, with the chances we had.

"If we can round the week off with a win on Saturday - which we're planning to do, and we believe we can do - that will make it a good week in all.

"You can see everyone's giving everything out there, I don't think anyone could question us on that side of it.

"There's been a real turn in results lately, we've had a lot of positive results, and it's fine margins that have stopped us being even better."

Exeter's recent slide since Caldwell left his post means Latics can leapfrog the Grecians in the table with three points.

"It's so tight, and that's what made Barnsley hurt even more," acknowledged Moxon.

"Normally, you go there, and a point's not a bad result. But we know what a massive boost three points would have been.

"You might look at the league table and think otherwise, but we believe we can beat anyone in this league on our day.

"We've beaten Huddersfield, Luton and Bradford already at home since the gaffer's been here, and we'll back ourselves again this weekend.”