Ryan Lowe marked his first home game in charge of Wigan with a draw against Barnsley in League One.
Substitute Maleace Asamoah cancelled out Davis Keillor-Dunn's early opener for the visitors with 13 minutes left.
Chris Sze – making his first league start since the opening day of the season – almost gave Lowe the perfect beginning, only to see a close-range effort somehow blocked on the line.
It was Barnsley who took the lead on eight minutes when Keillor-Dunn curled a brilliant free-kick into the top corner from 25 yards.
Barnsley thought they had a second before the break when a right-wing free-kick was finished off by Conor McCarthy at the far post but the flag was quickly up for offside.
Wigan finally found a leveller when Asamoah took advantage of a mix-up at the back to roll the ball into an empty net.
There was a flashpoint when former Wigan forward Stephen Humphrys – just on as a sub – was dragged down by last man Jason Kerr, only for referee Sebastian Stockbridge to brandish a yellow card.
Wigan almost won it at the end when Joseph Hungbo, another replacement, drilled goalwards but goalkeeper Kieren Flavell tipped his effort round the post.
Report supplied by PA Media.
