Problems mounting for Harrison

Salford's early-season struggle took a turn for the worse with a 25-6 home defeat by Wigan and the loss of two key forwards to injury.

Captain and hooker Malcolm Alker sustained knee medial ligament damage while second-rower Mark Edmondson could be facing a length lay-off with another shoulder injury.

"Mark is on a stretcher waiting to go to hospital," said Reds coach Karl

Harrison. "It's been an expensive night on the injury front."

Salford, fresh from a 56-18 hammering by Bradford, are next to bottom of Super

League with just one from their first six matches.

They improved their defence but lacked ideas on attack and had to wait until

injury time before scoring their only try through centre Kevin McGuinness.

"Our guys never stopped trying but it's just not happening for us at the

moment," said Harrison.

"We're not building any kind of pressure, which is disappointing.

"Wigan got the luck of the bounce in scoring the first try which proved

conclusive in the end."

A try from full-back Chris Ashton three minutes before half-time edged Wigan

into an 8-2 lead and second-half touchdowns from Mark Calderwood and skipper

Sean O'Loughlin clinched a third win of the season for the Warriors.

"It was a good win for us," said coach Brian Noble. "We always knew it was

going to be tough and so it proved.

"Had we executed better in the first half, we could have been further ahead.

"The amount of opportunities we are creating is encouraging and we have

started showing signs of fluency. Once we get some consistency, we will be a

threat."