Norwich now remain just four points above the relegation zone as the Latics puled out of the bottom three.
Hughton however felt his side was unlucky to lose the game, he said: "When you go away from home sometimes you have to hold your hand up if you've been beaten and beaten well but I don't think anybody seeing the game today would think that.
"We certainly deserved a draw and then it's just going to be about those moments. They had it and we didn't.
"But I thought for an away team we had good periods of the game where we had good control but it's one moment that's beaten us. It's very disappointing."