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Bolton Wanderers

Manchester City

  1. Bolton earn vital point

    Bolton earn vital point

    Bolton Wanderers ended their miserable run of five successive Premier League defeats with a hard-fought goalless draw against Manchester City. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • Manchester City
    • 90+2 All over here....0-0! Not a cracker by any means, but beautiful in its own way.
    • 88' Stelios Giannakopoulos is on for Matthew Taylor.
    • 88' Benjani comes close for City...his header is just over.
    • 83' HOW ON EARTH HAVE CITY NOT SCORED!!! Elano's shot came first - blocked by O'Brien. A goal-mouth scramble followed and somehow Bolton clear...that would have been VERY HARSH on Bolton.
    • 78' Bolton come close again. Diouf with a chance, but Hart closed him down brilliantly. The young goalkeeper then punches the resultant corner away to complete an impressive couple of minutes.
    • 72' Ooooooh!!! ALMOST A BREAKAWAY GOAL FOR BOLTON. Davies was set free and his pass was just slightly lacking in pace for the onrushing Taylor - who would surely have scored.
    • 64' Taylor hits one for Bolton - a low skidder which passes Hart's far post.
    • 63' Bolton change - Gavin McCann for Campo
    • 59' Double change for City. Vassell and Ireland make way - Felipe Caicedo and Elano are on.
    • 53' Good work from Taylor on Bolton's left. His cross is blocked by Dunne and the home side win a corner. City clear through Vassell.
    • 49' Free-kick for city. Wasted by Petrov. It was snowing, now it's stopped. There's your weather update!
    • 46' Joey O'Brien has replaced Ricardo Gardner - who has apparently been taken to hospital after a clash with Vassell in the closing minutes of the first half.
    • 46' We're under way in the second half here.
    • 45+3 Half-time at the Reebok...hardly any real action to reflect on. Taylor's left-foot blast was the highlight, and Gardner's goal-line clearance could prove vital.
    • 43' Another corner for City. Petrov again swings it in...good take from Ali Al Habsi - the first time the Bolton 'keeper has been called into action.
    • 41' Wonderful run and cross from Petrov...City win a corner. Petrov takes it, and collects the clearance before ballooning the resultant ball for a throw-in on the opposite touchline.
    • 38' As a spectacle this game has yet to whet the appetite, but there's no doubting the mounting sense of tension. If ever a game needed a goal, this was it...
    • 37' Diouf with a good hit from outside the box. Hart gathers comfortably.
    • 33' Booking for Kevin Nolan. Vedran Corluka is on the receiving end of his crude Ashley Cole-esque lunge and takes some time to get back on his feet. Meanwhile, Sven wipes his nose.
    • 28' Poor pass from Danny Guthrie in Bolton's midfield. He had acres of space, but opted for a Hollywood ball towards Davies...Hart collected the spoils.
    • 25' Great captain's run from Kevin Nolan, surging forward like Bryan Robson in his pomp, before running out of space at the edge of the City box.
    • 22' Martin Petrov with a corner on City's left...cleared by Bolton, but only as far as IRELAND...Oh dear, oh dear. If ever a shot was undeserving of capital letters that was it.
    • 20' Another superb delivery from Taylor with his left - bending, dipping and fizzing with intent. Hart punches clear.
    • 17' PING! What a hit from Ireland from the edge of the box...cleared off the line by Gardner with his head. City are coming into this now.
    • 13' Good break from Stephen Ireland down City's right. He goes down under Campo's challenge inside the box...no foul. Good decision from the ref.
    • 12' Bolton look purposeful here. Ricardo Gardner and Ivan Campo are winning everything in midfield and City look dazed. Corner from Matthew Taylor...and Hart flaps it away.
    • 6' OOOOOOHHHHHH!!! Diouf again to the fore for Bolton. He wins a corner...it's swung in and Gretar Steinsson HITS THE BAR!!! Great header, Hart was motionless. Almost a great start for Wanderers.
    • 2' Early chance for El Hadji Diouf, who skids one just wide of Joe Hart's post. City respond and win a corner, but it's cleared easily. Vassell starts for City.
    • 1' We're under way here at the Reebok...clear skies and sunshine, but VERY COLD!
    • - City still harbour ambitions of UEFA cup action next season, and showed signs of a possible return to their blistering early-season form in last week's 2-1 defeat of Tottenham. Sven-Goran Eriksson's team will fancy their chances today - having beaten Bolton twice already this season.
    • - Bolton have lost their last five Premier League games, and not beaten English opposition at the Reebok since January 2. As a result, Gary Megson's team sit third from bottom, two points behind Sunderland and Birmingham City, and will be DESPERATE for something today.
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  • Team Stats

    Bolton Wanderers Stats Manchester City
    49% Possession 50%
    23 Shots 8
    4 Shots on target 3
    2 Saves 3
    12 Corners 12
    16 Fouls 8
    6 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 18
    206 Accurate passes 237
    52 Bad passes 48

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
      33 Gary Cahill 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 3 3
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 1
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 4 0 1 1 1 0 22 1 3
      32 Matthew Taylor 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 17 7 0
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 2 2
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 14 3 1
      8 Ivan Campo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 3
      17 Danny Guthrie 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 13 4
      21 El Hadji Diouf 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 15 4 1
      14 Kevin Davies 0 3 1 2 3 1 0 23 4 4
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 3 2
      12 Ian Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Stelios Giannakopoulos 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
      47 Grzegorz Rasiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Joey O'Brien 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 4 3
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      25 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 22 3 2
      24 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 8 0
      16 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 0 2
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 27 2 3
      28 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 40 4 4
      6 Michael Johnson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 7 1
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 5 1
      15 Martin Petrov 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 8 1
      12 Darius Vassell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 1
      27 Benjamin Mwaruwari 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 11 2 3
      17 Sun Jihai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Blumer Elano 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
      1 Andreas Isaksson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Nery Castillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Felipe Caicedo 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 7 2 0

  • Summary

    • No live comments for this game

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Andre Marriner

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Davies

    On the Field

    • Al Habsi
    • Steinsson
    • Cahill
    • O'Brien
    • Gardner Substitution Out (46′)
    • Guthrie
    • Nolan Yellow Card
    • Campo Substitution Out (63′)
    • Taylor Substitution Out (82′)
    • Diouf
    • Davies

    Subs

    • McCann Substitution In (63′)
    • Walker
    • Giannakopoulos Substitution In (82′)
    • Rasiak
    • O'Brien Substitution In (46′)

    Injured

    • Jaaskelainen
    • Cohen

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    On the Field

    • Hart
    • Onuoha
    • Corluka
    • Dunne
    • Garrido
    • Gelson
    • Ireland Substitution Out (59′)
    • Johnson
    • Vassell Substitution Out (59′)
    • Benjani

    Subs

    • Isaksson
    • Castillo
    • Sun
    • Elano Substitution In (59′)
    • Felipe Caicedo Substitution In (59′)

    Injured

    • Ball
    • Bojinov
    • Richards

    Suspended

    • Hamann