Highlights:
Russell Slade's post match press conference
Speaking of his time Cardiff and promotion to the Premier League Malky Mackay said
"That was something that I was immensely proud of,"
"I had a terrific time in Cardiff and I loved being in the city, being with the people and being at the football club.
"I had a good rapport with them and tried my best at every opportunity.
"To get that response was something that will live with me. It was terrific. Overall, I'm obviously disappointed we lost the game but I'm very proud of my team."
His disappointment stemmed from two disallowed goals, one in either half, for James McClean and substitute Martyn Waghorn.
The offside flag denied both and, upon seeing both decisions on television replay, Mackay was adamant the two efforts should have stood.
He added: "The head of the referee's association text me yesterday to apologise on behalf of the linesman for the first goal at Bournemouth, that he got it wrong.
"Then there's two tonight that are wrong as well and it cost us."
Despite all the intrigue surrounding Mackay's first meeting with his old club, current Bluebirds chief Russell Slade insisted it was just business as usual as far as his side were concerned.
"Honestly, we just prepared exactly the same," he stressed.
"You need to go in with the same focus, the same professionalism, which you saw throughout - both sides wanted to win the game for their own reasons."
Slade was able to reflect on a first victory in nine for Cardiff and conceded there was little to separate the two teams on Tuesday night.
"It was a difficult surface for both teams to play the football they ideally want to play," he noted.
"It was who dealt with those conditions best and whose decision making was the best out there, and there wasn't much in it.
"Wigan put up a really strong performance, particularly in the second period; for the first 20 minutes they put us under pressure as the home side and made life difficult for us. We got the all-important goal and that's what counts."