The Spaniard has endured a difficult time with the Latics since his arrival in the summer of 2008. Gomez was one of the first signings that new manager Martinez made after arriving at the DW Stadium.
His first season was certainly one to gloss over as Gomez struggled to adapt to the pace and power of the Premier league.
Martinez kept stressing that Gomez could make it in the top flight and that the fans should have patience with him. After spending almost a year on the substitutes bench at the DW Stadium, Gomez yesterday announced himself in true style to the Wigan Athletic public.
His sublime free kick mid-way through the second half broke a stubborn Wolves defence after Karl Henry had been sent off in the tenth minute.
There were flaws in his game. Both Gomez and Rodallega are guilty of laziness when not in possession. They lack the desire to win the ball back and appear mere ghosts on the pitch when the Latics are not in possession.
Against the ten men of Wolverhampton Wanderers such defensive ignorance can be afforded as players such as James McCarthy and Hendry Thomas up the anti and provide the cover.
Against teams at the other end of the table, each and every player needs to be at their best, both offensively and defensively, to come away with anything.
However that cannot take away from what was a delightful free kick. Situated right on the edge of the area, a free kick from that distance is very difficult to get over and under the wall. Gomez on the other hand didn't care. Instead he smashed the ball into the top corner, ignoring the presence of the wall. Hahnemann had no chance.
The Spaniard was lucky to be on the pitch though. Karl Henry was dismissed in hte tenth minute for a disgusting tackle on Gomez. The former Swnasea player thankfully saw the tackle coming and had managed to jump.
The force and lateness of the tackle sent Gomez head over heals and a red card was the least that Henry could have expected. A thuggish tackle from a thuggish player.
Hugo Rodallega added the gloss onto the performance as he prodded home the second goal late on. Rodallega was somewhat lucky to still be on the pitch after a poor performance going forwards. With Victor Moses and Mauro Boselli on the side lines, a late tap in may not be enough for the Columbian hitman.
What was very pleasing to see was the patience of the Wigan Athletic attack. As soon as Wolves went down to ten men, the game was always going to be attack versus defence.
The Latics dominated possession and worked hard to break down a stubborn Wolverhampton defence. A lack of goals so far this season would have seen many teams buckle and come away with a dull 0-0 draw.
Things seemed to be going that way as the Latics struggled to create too many clear cut opportunities. However as soon as Gomez hit the back of the net with his free kick, the tone fo the game changed. The Latics were comfortable in possession and looked much more threatening going forwards.
Hopefully this 2-0 victory will be the springboard to confidence that the attacking side of Wigan Athletic need.
Here is the reaction of the two managers.
Roberto Martinez
I was extremely proud of the players, how they found the solutions, how they learned from the last experience against Sunderland and we created many chances. The pleasing aspect was we limited Wolves to nothing. The maturity and responsibility of the players in a no-win situation was very, very good. It needed a bit of magic to open the scoring but you could see after the first goal it was going to be a lot easier. Meanwhile, Martinez pulled no punches when he described Henry's X-rated tackle on Gomez as the worst he had seen during his time in management. It wasn't just the first contact. Karl catches Jordi with his knee, he comes with real force and you fear the worst. I felt it was a broken leg. He was a very fortunate man.
Mick McCarthy
I've no argument at all with the red card. It's ill-judged, it's mistimed - it's very theatrical. We've a lad (Adlene Guedioura) at our place with a broken leg for six months from a tackle from a lad who went for the ball.
It didn't look as theatrical and unfortunately, with Karl being in the press and the media so often recently, it was never going to be any other result.
Next game
It's a week off for the Latics now before the trip to St James' Park to face Newcastle United on 16th October. Another game that Roberto Martinez will be hopeful of getting three points from.