Jordan Henderson responded to his critics in spectacular style as home fired a double to ease the fears of decline in Sunderland.
England midfielder 20 years entered the game with a question mark hanging over him after a disappointing run of form.
However, scored twice in the second half as the black cats came from behind to win for the first time in 10 games for Barclays Premier League and sink Wigan in trouble.
Mohamed Diame had given the visitors hope of based on the 3-1 victory last week in Blackpool, which pulled out them of the relegation zone for the first time in three months, when he criticized them front seven minutes after the break.
However, Asamoah Gyan released with a header of interval near the black cats and three minutes later took full control as they grew visibly trust, despite losing Phil Bardsley, Danny Welbeck, and within nine minutes of their objectiveGyan due to injury.
Henderson gave them a 66th minute lead and then Stephane Sessegnon scored his first goal for the club from the penalty of ink seven minutes later, he added a second to relieve the side House home in front of a crowd of 39,650.
It is fair that manager Steve Bruce, who claimed a first victory over his former club, necessary in the 500th of his business career League game, although it came at a cost with Welbeck and Gyan join Fraizer Campbell on the injured list.
Bruce entered the game deplore the list of injuries that are believed is the cause of his recent depression.
By the time had elapsed minute 26, the count of victims had risen once again.
Full backup Bardsley was led the field on a stretcher having received oxygen and taken directly to the hospital after a crash principle of heads with the teammate Nedum Onuoha.
Anton Ferdinand took his place as Bruce was forced to make an early substitution for the third party successive.
But if there was no legislation unfortunately for the Bardsley, exit of Welbeck was unfortunately foreseeable with striker after her struggling with a hamstring problem before being declared fit to start last week.
Welbeck has been scuffed a minute of second direct shot at conservative Ali Al Habsi and Gyan headed wide from a cross Elmohamady Ahmed.
The best chance of the half was way when, with 31 minutes past, Ben Watson stolen Lee Cattermole within the Sunderland half and ran the ball to striker Hugo Rodallega Wigan.
The Colombian struck a rising shot towards the goal, where keeper Simon Mignolet, who endured a difficult afternoon in Birmingham the weekend, he made an important save.
Charles N'Zogbia, an old objective of Bruce, saw one final drive blocked then recorded within the right.
Diame, who had scored in the fixture for the last season, put Wigan ahead.
The accepted midfielder pass n ' Zogbia and converted by experts last Michael Turner, before a drive from 25 yards past smashing Mignolet.
The lead lasted only three minutes as the black cats returned to the game.
Henderson had a short free kick, but when the ball was finally fed to replace Steed Malbranque on the right, recorded in before crossing.
Ball of French was considered perfectly so Gyan rise and power home a header from close range.
But the joy of Gyan was a short-lived, left the field on a stretcher within nine minutes of having raised clutching his hamstring.
The resultant remodelling was Sessegnon pressed from the start, but it was local boy Henderson, who fired his side to the front for the first time when he controlled replace Sulley Muntari cross on his chest before drilling a half left foot volley in the top corner.
Sessegnon had his big chance with 17 minutes remaining when he was he broke into the ground by Defender than Antolin Alcaraz inside the penalty area and the Lee Probert referee pointed to the place.
The international of Benin sent Al Habsi the wrong way to wrap up the victory, although it was not completed in the afternoon.
Four minutes later, he was who picked up the space inside the box and the young Henderson finished with aplomb once more.
Strike of last-minute replacement Frank di Santo always little comfort.
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