Bolton Wanderers fail to make a good impression at The Emirates.
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Bolton Wanderers book their place into the fourth round of the League Cup with a pleasing win away from home.
Summer signings Chris Eagles and Gael Kakuta scored in the second half of the match which saw nine changes in the starting 11 which lost against Norwich City. A clean sheet for Adam Bogdan and a full 90 minutes for Stuart Holden could only add to the positivity felt by the club and fans alike.
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Home to Premier League newcomers Norwich may have been thought as an easy three-pointer for Bolton, but such results should not be taken for granted.
Norwich scored two goals from set pieces towards the end of the first half but Bolton’s misery was compounded when Howard Webb showed Ivan Klasnic the red card for Marc Tierney’s overacting to what was more of a nod of the head than a headbutt. Some might argue that the red card was justified because of intent but a consistent referee would have at least booked (if not red-carded) Leon Barnett after poleaxing Klasnic in the head with his arse earlier in the game.
With Petrov scoring from the spot, after a Barnett fouled David N’gog. Newcomer N’gog almost got Bolton’s equaliser in the last few seconds of the match but his close range headed attempt was parried by Ruddy for The Trotter’s last corner.
This was Bolton’s third defeat in a row — their emphatic win at Loftus Road seems so very long ago.
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Another home defeat for Bolton Wanderers — is the season over already for The Trotters? Let’s try to remain optimistic.
While Bolton drift towards the bottom of the Premier League remember that their first few fixtures have been against some of the most consistent clubs in England. Winning on the first day of the season against QPR was not entirely surprising, but neither is loosing to Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United. Loosing, so far, is not the main problem — it is the 11 goals in 3 matches that ought to be ringing alarm bells all around The Reebok. Something needs to be altered so The Wanderers can at least keep a clean sheet when Norwich City travel north new weekend.
So defenders, “Where are you? Where are you? Come on! Let’s be ‘avin’ you!”
Full match reports are available from the BBC and the official Bolton Wanderers website.
