Charlie Hughes is a special talent - Shaun Maloney - video Dailymotion

Wigan Athletic boss Shaun Maloney hailed the performance of centre-back Charlie Hughes in the FA Cup third round defeat to Manchester United.

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00:00 He's had it a few times now this year. I think it happens really when, obviously Josh is not starting or Callum,

00:06 but it's a big one for him tonight. I thought Charlie was brilliant, I really did. I think under the real pressure,

00:13 because again, I speak about Martial receiving when we're in a deeper area, at times Charlie had to play under real pressure

00:20 because we'd been defending for so long. His temperament was big. That's probably the best I've seen him in terms of his temperament.

00:28 He was really stable, which is quite hard when you're defending for that long. He's a special talent, Charlie. He's only 20.

00:37 I thought he was really good tonight. If anything, I wanted our team to do more. At times when we did, and we could find,

00:43 particularly on that right side, we could hurt them. I think that's one of the things I said to the team.

00:48 We have to back how we want to play and back each other because I'd much rather try and win a game trying to play the DNA of this club

00:57 than rely on longer balls. I thought Charlie was good, really good. I actually thought Liam Mawson was very good as well, centre-back.

01:04 They were busy, busier than I'd like them to be, but I thought they played well.