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Goals from Thelo Aasgaard and Steven Sessegnon sent Latics through to round two after another ‘really professional performance’ in the view of Maloney.
After the previous win on the same ground a fortnight ago – when Latics had only 28 per cent possession – Maloney had been disappointed by comments made by Exeter boss Gary Caldwell – his former Latics, Celtic, Scotland and Hibernian managerial colleague – and assistant manager Kevin Nicholson.
Caldwell accused Latics of playing ‘negative football’, and said it was ‘not the club that I knew, it’s not the way I knew that club plays’.
Nicholson, handling pre-match media duties, said: ’10 years ago they were a Premier League club, and they don’t expect to be coming to Exeter and having 28 per cent possession and having 30 shots against them’.
Latics’ repeat triumph, therefore, was the perfect way to respond, leaving Maloney a satisfied man in the aftermath.
“It was a really professional performance, I think,” he said.
“There were moments of real quality when we attacked
