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Bolton Wanderers

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  • Dunne 88’ (o.g.)

Manchester City

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • Manchester City
    • 90' It's all over. Bolton move off the bottom of the league and out of the relegation zone, while Man City's woeful away form continues.
    • 89' That surely wraps up the three points for Bolton. City were caught on the break as they pressed for an equaliser.
    • 88' GOAL! Richard Dunne turns the ball into his own net as he attempts to cut out a low Ricardo Gardner cross from the left. If Dunne hadn't intervened, Kevin Davies was standing behind him to put the ball in the empty net.
    • 86' Replays suggest that Bolton's goal might just have been offside - another decision for Mark Hughes to moan about no doubt.
    • 85' Ben Haim shoots well wide from the edge of the Bolton area.
    • 84' Ireland makes a great run down the left wing before digging out a cross. Robinho ran on to the ball but Samuel just gets a boot on the ball before the Brazilian to clear.
    • 82' City are struggling to get hold of the ball and Bolton seem only too happy to waste time when they can.
    • 79' Well maybe Bolton will extend their lead. Taylor has just stung Joe Hart's palms with a rasping low shot from long range.
    • 78' Can Bolton hang on to continue Man City's away-day blues?
    • 76' GOAL TO BOLTON! It's Ricardo Gardner who breaks the deadlock with a finish from three yards out after he burst forward from midfield to get on to a low Steinsson cross from the right which left Joe Hart stranded at the near post.
    • 75' Now Bolton win a free-kick. It's just inside the City half. Cahill pumps it into the City area but it evades everyone and goes for a goal kick.
    • 73' Robinho shoots from the free-kick from 40 yards out. It doesn't get past Bolton's wall though.
    • 72' Richards is fouled by Taylor 40 yards from goal on the left.
    • 69' Zabaleta shoots wildly over the bar for City.
    • 68' Man City make two changes. Evans and Elano come off for Sturridge and Hamann.
    • 66' Robinho passes to Wright-Phillips on the right of the Bolton box as City break. Wright-Phillips's cross hits Samuel - was it a handball? No says Mike Riley. Play on.
    • 65' Kompany knicks the ball off Kevin Nolan's toes as the Bolton skipper lined up a half volley on goal.
    • 64' Bolton appeal for a penalty after Matty Taylor collapses under a challenge from Vincent Kompany inside the area as the Bolton man raced on to a high ball. But Mike Riley waves away the vehement appeals of the Bolton players.
    • 62' Great save by Joe Hart! The City keeper was called into action after the ball was worked to Nolan in space inside the City box. The Bolton skipper got a good shot away from the right side of the box eight yards out, but Hart parried the ball clear. That's Bolton's best chance so far.
    • 61' Davies forces Kompany to concede a corner on the right.
    • 60' Evans catches Cahill in the face with his boot as they challenge for a high ball. The striker escapes a booking.
    • 58' Jaaskelainen is booked for wasting time at a goal kick. Does he really need to waste time already?!
    • 57' Robinho teases with Steinsson inside the Bolton area before unleashing a firm right-footed shot which is parried away by Jaaskelainen. Good play from the little Brazilian and a good save too.
    • 56' Wright-Phillips breaks towards the Bolton goal. He shoots from the edge of the box but it's a tame one that is easily collected by Jaaskelainen.
    • 56' Samuel attacks down the left but miscontrols the ball to give away possession.
    • 55' Bolton have had all of the ball for the last few minutes and the Reebok faithful are getting behind their team.
    • 54' Ireland does well to block a Steinsson shot from 25 yards out.
    • 52' Richards breaks into the Bolton box on the left but overruns the ball into touch.
    • 51' Wright-Phillips makes a penetrative run through Bolton's backline and shoots from the edge of the Bolton box. But the winger's effort is sliced high and wide.
    • 48' Elano powers a shot towards goal from the free-kick, but it bounces nicely into Jaaskelainen's grasp.
    • 48' Matty Taylor gives away a free-kick after fouling Robinho 40 yards from his own goal on the left.
    • 47' Bolton start the half brightly. Gardner finds some space on the left wing and crosses into the City six-yard box, but Dunne heads clear.
    • 46' Welcome back. Bolton get us going for the second half.
    • - Join us in 15 minutes for the second half, when hopefully someone will break the deadlock.
    • 45' Mike Riley brings the first half to an end. Man City almost broke the deadlock with those two chances at the end of the half but Jussi Jaaskelainen has kept his side level with two crucial saves.
    • 45' Wright-Phillips slips a pass through to Evans inside the Bolton area. The Welshman shoots for goal, but Jaaskelainen makes another solid stop.
    • 45' The corner's curled nicely into the six-yard box but Mike Riley blows his whistle for a push by Cahill.
    • 45' Bolton force a corner on the left.
    • 43' Some head tennis in the City area almost creates an opening for the home side but City's defenders manage to deal with the danger.
    • 42' Riga isn't all right after all. He has to come off - Ricardo Gardner comes on in his place.
    • 41' A lovely break from City sees Evans put Ireland one-on-one with Jaaskelainen inside the Bolton area. Ireland pokes the ball goalwards but the Bolton keeper makes a great save.
    • 39' Riga's okay to carry on. Wright-Phillips threads a pass towards Ched Evans, but the young Welsh striker is narrowly offside.
    • 39' Riga has collapsed in a heap after a robust but fair tackle from Richard Dunne. The physio is seeing to the winger.
    • 37' Ireland floats a pass towards Evans, who is charging in on goal. But Jaaskelainen races off his line to claim the ball just inside his penalty area. Evans then collides with the Bolton keeper, conceding a free-kick in the process.
    • 36' Muamba tries an ambitious shot from 30 yards out. It's easily saved by Hart between the sticks for City.
    • 35' Micah Richards sets off on a run towards the Bolton box from the left wing. He falls under pressure from Steinsson, but again Mike Riley waves play on.
    • 34' Davies shoots from the edge of the City box. He only half catches it though, and it bobbles through to Joe Hart, who collects easily.
    • 32' A mix-up in defence by City sets McCann in on goal - but the former Villa man slips at the crucial moment and City clear.
    • 31' City's right-back Zabaleta is booked for a late tackle on Samuel, the Bolton left-back.
    • 30' Robinho takes a tumble under pressure from Steinsson 30 yards from goal - but ref Mike Riley waves play on.
    • 28' City win a corner. Bolton clear it straight to Wright-Phillips on the edge of the box. The winger wriggles his way into the box and crosses low - but Bolton clear once again.
    • 27' Kevin Davies heads the corner inches wide when it seemed easier to score - but the big man's penalised for a push in the box anyway.
    • 26' Former Bolton defender Ben Haim clears for another corner to the hosts.
    • 25' Bolton force the first corner of the match.
    • 24' Wright-Phillips misplaces a pass to Evans as City look to break forward.
    • 23' Bolton pump the ball forward from their own half. It bounces kindly for Muamba, who shoots from 25 yards out - but it flies high and wide.
    • 22' City throw their big men forward for the set piece, but Robinho's cross is hacked away by a Bolton player.
    • 21' McCann handles the ball five yards inside his own half in the centre of the pitch. Free kick to Man City.
    • 19' Taylor whips the free-kick into the City six-yard box but between them Richard Dunne and Micah Richards manage to clear.
    • 18' Kevin Davies wins a free-kick 45 yards from the City goal wide on the right.
    • 17' A horrible kicked clearance from Joe Hart goes straight to Riga on the edge of the area, but the winger blazes the ball over the bar with his effort on goal.
    • 16' Taylor's free-kick smashes straight into the defensive wall.
    • 15' Kevin Davies wins a free-kick about 25 yards from Joe Hart's goal on the right. This is perfectly positioned for Matthew Taylor to shoot at goal.
    • 13' Riga goes off on a mazy run on goal but loses the ball after beating two City men.
    • 12' Riga, stationed wide on the right, digs out a deep cross into the City box, but Zabaleta guides the ball away from goal with a calm headed clearance.
    • 9' Interesting to see that Micah Richards is being deployed as a left-back today. Hughes doesn't seem to fancy him as a centre-half.
    • 7' Nolan steals the ball from Ireland in midfield and sets off towards goal, but the Irishman gets back to win the ball back for City.
    • 6' Robinho shoots from the edge of the Bolton box, but he powers it over the crossbar.
    • 4' Robinho almost puts Zabaleta, who returns from suspension today, in on goal. But a Bolton defender just manages to cut out the Brazilian's through ball.
    • 2' The other main piece of team news for City is that Chedwyn Evans starts up front. Brazilian striker Jo was expected to return to lead the line, but the game comes too soon for him.
    • 1' We're under way at the Reebok.
    • - Having an extra midfielder may well prove crucial for Bolton today, as City boss Mark Hughes has decided against fielding an extra midfielder despite his side's apparent weaknesses shielding the back four.
    • - Bolton's main team news is that their record signing, Johan Elmander, is left out completely, presumably due to injury. Midfielder Gavin McCann returns from suspension to take the Swede's place in Gary Megson's rejigged starting XI.
    • - Welcome to LIVE minute-by-minute commentary of Bolton v Man City from uk.eurosport.yahoo.com.

  • Team Stats

    Bolton Wanderers Stats Manchester City
    43% Possession 56%
    22 Shots 13
    4 Shots on target 5
    4 Saves 2
    6 Corners 1
    20 Fouls 15
    4 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    33 Tackles 27
    217 Accurate passes 303
    73 Bad passes 24

  • 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
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 5 0
      5 Gary Cahill 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17 3 1
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 26 16 6
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 0 2
      7 Matthew Taylor 0 4 2 3 3 0 0 22 9 5
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 22 4 1
      6 Fabrice Muamba 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 11 0 7
      19 Gavin McCann 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 30 10 4
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 4 1 0 2 3 0 24 9 2
      14 Kevin Davies 0 2 0 4 5 1 0 23 10 2
      17 Riga Mustapha 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
      11 Ricardo Gardner 1 6 1 0 2 0 0 14 7 2
      30 Chris Basham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Ebi Smolarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Danny Shittu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Heidar Helguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0
      26 Tal Ben Haim 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 41 1 2
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 54 5 4
      2 Micah Richards 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 14 2 0
      5 Pablo Zabaleta 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 27 1 1
      22 Richard Dunne 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 30 0 4
      11 Blumer Elano 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 24 7 2
      8 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 9 1 4
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 38 1 4
      24 Ched Evans 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 12 2 1
      10 Robson de Souza 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 20 2 2
      16 Kasper Schmeichel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Daniel Sturridge 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0
      15 Javier Garrido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Dietmar Hamann 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 0 3
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Felipe Caicedo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88' GOAL! Richard Dunne turns the ball into his own net as he attempts to cut out a low Ricardo Gardner cross from the left. If Dunne hadn't intervened, Kevin Davies was standing behind him to put the ball in the empty net.
    • 79' Well maybe Bolton will extend their lead. Taylor has just stung Joe Hart's palms with a rasping low shot from long range.
    • 76' GOAL TO BOLTON! It's Ricardo Gardner who breaks the deadlock with a finish from three yards out after he burst forward from midfield to get on to a low Steinsson cross from the right which left Joe Hart stranded at the near post.
    • 66' Robinho passes to Wright-Phillips on the right of the Bolton box as City break. Wright-Phillips's cross hits Samuel - was it a handball? No says Mike Riley. Play on.
    • 64' Bolton appeal for a penalty after Matty Taylor collapses under a challenge from Vincent Kompany inside the area as the Bolton man raced on to a high ball. But Mike Riley waves away the vehement appeals of the Bolton players.
    • 57' Robinho teases with Steinsson inside the Bolton area before unleashing a firm right-footed shot which is parried away by Jaaskelainen. Good play from the little Brazilian and a good save too.
    • 27' Kevin Davies heads the corner inches wide when it seemed easier to score - but the big man's penalised for a push in the box anyway.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    Starting line-up

    • J. Jaaskelainen Yellow Card
    • G. Steinsson
    • G. Cahill
    • A. O'Brien
    • J. Samuel
    • F. Muamba
    • K. Nolan
    • G. McCann
    • R. Mustapha Substitution Out (42′)
    • M. Taylor
    • K. Davies

    Subs

    • H. Helguson
    • S. Basham
    • R. Gardner Substitution In42′ Goal
    • E. Smolarek
    • D. Shittu
    • N. Hunt
    • A. Al Habsi

    Injured

    • J. Elmander

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • J. Hart
    • P. Zabaleta Yellow Card
    • T. Ben Haim
    • R. Dunne Own Goal
    • M. Richards
    • V. Kompany
    • B. Elano Substitution Out (68′)
    • S. Ireland
    • S. Wright-Phillips
    • .. Robinho
    • C. Evans Substitution Out (68′)

    Subs

    • D. Hamann Substitution In68′
    • J. Garrido
    • K. Schmeichel
    • N. Onuoha
    • F. Caicedo
    • G. Fernandes
    • D. Sturridge Substitution In68′

    Injured

    • D. Vassell
    • M. Petrov
    • V. Bojinov
    • M. Benjani
    • .. Jo
    • M. Johnson

    Suspended

    None

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