FA Premiership/ Tottenham 2 Wigan Athletic 2: Paul Jewell was devastated just over 20 years ago as a Wigan striker when he started on the bench and played only 10 minutes of a Wembley final. After the performance here, where a lapse of concentration cost Wigan two points after they led 2-1, he will have to put some of his players through a similar ordeal.

His main selection dilemma before next Sunday's League Cup final against Manchester United centres on Jason Roberts and his replacement yesterday, Andreas Johansson, a midfielder who scored twice as a makeshift striker. "I'm going to have to break one or two hearts," said Jewell.

Roberts would have been pleased this game was rescheduled, ensuring his suspension was served and that he is eligible for Sunday. In his absence, though, Johansson proved a most capable deputy. "I thought we were excellent but we gave two daft goals away," said Jewell, who wants Wigan to maintain momentum although they have already reached his pre-season target of 40 points, the so-called safety mark.

Tottenham were left with plenty to ponder with Edgar Davids and Danny Murphy both ineffective. Spurs often use a spare man in midfield but the performance of Wigan's returning full-backs meant that they had to keep a rigid 4-4-2 throughout and consequently looked unthreatening.

Tottenham fell behind as they failed to deal with a seemingly harmless long punt from Mike Pollitt. Michael Carrick was beaten to a header by Paul Scharner and Johansson profited by beating Henri Camara to the loose ball and fending off the attentions of Ledley King and Michael Dawson before steering the ball beyond Paul Robinson, who made a late dash. Camara appeared to be interfering with play in an offside position. But Wigan escaped.

"I still have a bad taste about the first goal," said Tottenham's head coach Martin Jol. "In Europe, there won't be a lot of linesmen giving this as a goal. You can't tell your defenders to keep a high line if they are given goals like this."

Tottenham made up for that when Paul Stalteri swung in a cross that was slightly deflected. Mido was alert enough to shake off Arjan de Zeeuw and backheeled into the far corner. Mido should have had a second goal soon after with a free header that he put over following clever build-up play from Jermain Defoe, who picked out Aaron Lennon before the midfielder delivered a perfect cross. They were also denied a penalty before half-time when Lee Young-pyo's cross appeared to strike the hand of Pascal Chimbonda, who gestured that it struck his face.

Chimbonda presented Wigan with a perfect opportunity to regain the initiative early in the second half with a cross that Camara anticipated well only to send his overhead kick marginally off target. Wigan's pressure paid off, though. Graham Kavanagh and Johansson linked well before the Swede found Camara, whose delicate touch with the outside of the boot fell perfectly at Johansson's feet. He scored with a first-time finish.

Their joy lasted 53 seconds. Carrick launched forward for Mido to knock down. De Zeeuw should have cleared but Defoe was allowed to sprint on to the ball and chip Pollitt, who had run out.

It took an outstanding 86th-minute save to deny Wigan victory when from Chimbonda's hanging cross Scharner's close-range header drew a fine reflex stop from Robinson.

That helped prevent Jol becoming totally downcast at the end. "We came back twice and that was probably a positive thing," he said.