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Chapter 81 - The Equaliser.

The restart was swift, Power rolling the ball back into play, but Wigan looked rattled.

The home fans tried to lift them with noise, yet on the pitch, the rhythm was broken.

And Leo, shoulders tight, still carried the image of Madelin's strike in his head.

He knew the replay had shown it close.

He knew it wasn't his fault.

But the teenager couldn't shake the thought that he had to put it right.

"Don't force it," Tilt muttered near him, but Leo was already stepping higher than usual, eager to intercept, to prove something.

Blackpool saw it and within a minute, they worked it down Leo's side, Carey clipping a neat ball between lines as Yates spun off the gap, sprinting into space.

"Yates is in again!" the commentator warned, voice spiking.

Leo turned late, chasing, but this time Darikwa bailed him out with a lung-busting recovery run.

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