It says everything about the modern managerial mayhem that Mark Hughes could preside over one Premier League side’s exit to lowly opposition and yet find himself presiding over an FA Cup quarter final with another, in the same season.Exiting to fourth tier and third tier sides would have been unprecedented in the circumstances and Hughes was the most relived man in the stadium after being run even closer than his Stoke side were at Coventry in January. Class told in the end – though only because Wigan switched off for one fateful minute.There was full northern hospitality for the visiting side: bitter cold, swirling wind, a bumpy, letter-strewn pitch and two early ‘welcome to Wigan’ challenges for Guido Carrillo and Dusan Tadic when the Hughes managerial era at Saints got under way. Portugal international Cedric Soares celebrates after racing the length of the pitch to score Southampton's second late on The Latics defence could only watch on as Cedric jetted down the wing and lashed the ball into the bottom corner The full-back is mobbed by his team-mates after confirming Southampton's passage to Wembley in the dying moments Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg celebrates scoring his first goal for Southampton, putting his side on the road to Wembley Hojbjerg celebrates his goal-scoring heroics while also catching his team-mate Jack Stephens in a sensitive area of the body Wigan players stood around dejected after seeing their impressive cup run come to an end upon home turf Despite having a difficult season with his former club Stoke, new boss Mark Hughes will now preside over a FA Cup semi-finalHughes braved the arctic weather full-on – neither gloves not hat for him, while Wigan manager Paul Cook went for both – but there was no disguising what a treacherous quarter final assignment this was for the Premier League side 29 places higher in the football pyramid.Wigan are not a prolific goal-scoring side but they defend for their lives and they can mix their game up, too – playing out from the back when the moment presents. Though their creative lynchpin Nick Powell was missing, full back Nathan Byrne was an unexpected creative nexus as they refused Southampton to gain a foothold in the game. The tally of ten corners and eight shots in the first half told its own stories and the half-time break couldn’t come soon enough for the visiting side. MATCH FACTS, PLAYER RATINGS AND MATCH ZONE WIGAN (4-2-3-1): Walton 8; Byrne 7.5 (Hunt 81), Dunkley 7, Burn 7, Elder 6.5; Morsy 6, Roberts 6.5 (Colclough 65 6); Massey 7 (Powell 65 6.5) , Power 6.5, Jacobs; Grigg. SUBS UNUSED: Perkins, Bruce, Jones, FultonMANAGER: Paul Cook 6BOOKED: Dunkley, Burn SOUTHAMPTON (4-2-3-1): McCarthy 6; Soares 7, Stephens 6, Hoedt 6, Bertrand 6.5; Hojbjerg 7, Lemina 5.5; Tadic 5.5, Boufal 5 (Redmond 65 7), Carrillo 5.5 (Long 82 6); Gabbiadini 5.5 (Romeu 88)SUBS UNUSED: Yoshida, Ward-Prowse, Sims, ForsterMANAGER: Mark Hughes 7.5GOALS: Hojbjerg 61, Soares 92Referee: Michael Oliver (