Birmingham City 1 – 2 Bolton Wanderers
Early and Late Goals Secure 3 Points
- Saturday, September 26, 2009
- Venue: St Andrews Stadium
- Attendance: 28,671
- Referee: Steve Bennett
- Tamir Cohen [10]
- Roger Johnson [64]
- Stephen Carr [75]
- Jlloyd Samuel [78]
- Kevin Phillips [84]
- Chung-Yong Lee [86]
Yesterday’s trip to Saint Andrew’s Stadium was to be a veritable walk in the park compared with the fixures The Wanderers have lined up next month. After Bolton’s midweek win against West Ham in the League Cup expectations had been raised considerably and clearly The Wanderers needed earn more points. Ahead of visiting his former club Frabrice Muamba said, “I’m just looking forward to trying to get the three points on Saturday.” He also indicated that his team–mates were too and spoke of a happy squad.
Bolton only took a couple of minutes to show a willingness to win but Ivan Klasnic’s shot sailed over the bar. Bolton had to wait until the 10th minute to get ahead created from a throw–in deep inside Birmingham City’s half. Kevin Davies flicked Sam Ricketts long throw to the centre of the six–yard box where Tamir Cohen scored with relative ease having lost his marker Sebastian Larsson.
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