FOOTBALL Live

Saturday November 22, 2008 Finished Riverside Stadium

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Middlesbrough

  • Pogatetz 77’

Bolton Wanderers

  • Steinsson 8’
  • Taylor 10’
  • Elmander 78’
  1. Early Bolton goals stun Boro

    Early Bolton goals stun Boro

    Two goals in the opening ten minutes gave Bolton a lead which proved to be unassailable for Middlesbrough in a 3-1 win at The Riverside. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Middlesbrough
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • 90+4' That's full-time and Bolton have claimed a crucial victory at The Riverside. Middlesbrough will be disgusted with their display today, they never looked like getting anything from the game.
    • 90+1' Downing and Digard both squander good positions in which to deliver a dangerous cross and 'Boro just don't look likely to score here.
    • 90' Four minutes will be added, but surely Bolton have earned a vital three points here today.
    • 88' Matthew Taylor is replaced by Ricardo Gardner - another fantastic performer for Bolton.
    • 86' Middlesbrough's finishing continues to be poor as Tuncay, then O'Neil, have shots cleared from inside the Bolton box - desperate defending but 'Boro have not been clinical in front of goal. Jaaskelainen had saved Tuncay's shot and Arca's follow-up.
    • 83' Ebi Smolarek comes on for the superb, goal-scoring Johan Elmander.
    • 82' Gavin McCann fouls Adam Johnson for Bolton's fifth booking. They will cling on to this lead if it is the last thing they do.
    • 79' Amidst all of the chaos, Julio Arca has come on in place of Andrew Taylor.
    • 78' GOAL!! Bolton regain their two-goal lead and the superb Johan Elmander has got it! The striker scores his second league goal of the season after chesting the ball down and finishing crisply.
    • 77' GOAL!! Finally 'Boro have got a goal back and it's the unlikely figure of Pogatetz who has got it! The defender makes clean contact with a half-volley for his last goal in 19 months.
    • 73' Afonso Alves is finally substituted after a frankly dismal showing and is replaced by Marvin Emnes.
    • 70' Kevin Nolan is also added to the referee's notebook in similar fashion - the Bolton captain simply mistimed his tackle.
    • 69' JLloyd Samuel brings down Adam Johnson, whose fresh legs are causing havoc for 'Boro, and is shown a yellow card, but Bolton still appear relatively assured at the back.
    • 66' Gary Cahill is brandished a yellow card by Martin Atkinson for a cynical tug on Downing as the winger looked to beat him on his outside.
    • 64' The home fans are very disillusioned with their side's inept performance today and The Riverside is not a happy place.
    • 61' Fabrice Muamba misses a glorious chance to put the game beyond doubt after Johan Elmander's driving run found the midfielder to his left, but he drags his shot wide.
    • 58' Stewart Downing needs to have more assertion, as Alves takes another free-kick which surely would have been better suited to the winger, then hits it into Row Z again. Inexplicably it is not Alves who is withdrawn, instead Aliadiere makes way for Adam Johnson, to a chorus of boos.
    • 55' Tuncay, who looks the brightest 'Boro player by far, bundles his way into the Bolton box and wins a corner. The forward was unlucky not to have the ball fall at his feet for what would have been a good opportunity.
    • 52' Gary O'Neil is brought down by Fabrice Muamba and the Bolton midfielder is shown a yellow card by referee Martin Atkinson.
    • 50' Lest you think I'm being harsh to Alves, the Brazilian brushes Stewart Downing off taking a free-kick from 25-yards out, and promptly blasts it over the bar.
    • 48' Despite Gareth Southgate not seeing fit to make any half-time changes, the home fans will have hoped the manager will have given Afonso Alves a rollicking after his inept display thus far.
    • 46' We're back underway with the second half and Pogatetz immediately has a chance to claw a goal back, but after rising above Cahill, his header was tame.
    • 46' And that's half-time at The Riverside, with the home side trailing Bolton 2-0 to the disgust of their fans. Gareth Southgate will have to rouse his players in inspiring fashion if they are to recover from this.
    • 45' Just one minute to be added at the end of this first half. Andrew Taylor at one end, then Matt Taylor at the other, indulge in hugely optimistic long-range efforts, neither of which troubles the two keepers.
    • 43' A wonderful teasing cross by Steinsson from the right wing flashes across the 'Boro six-yard box, but none of his team-mates does the cross justice by getting on the end of it.
    • 41' Indeed, as the half looks to be petering out, Nolan and Muamba exchange passes at will in the centre of the field - understandably in no rush.
    • 38' Middlesbrough are coming back into this game with fervour, but Bolton will be happy to just sit on their lead from here on in.
    • 36' Jeremie Aliadiere plays a neat one-two with Alves in the Bolton half, before Tuncay latches on to the ball at pace and drags his shot narrowly wide - good build-up play from the hosts.
    • 33' Kevin Nolan is furious as he is cynically tugged down by Gary O'Neil, but surprisingly Marin Atkinson doesn't believe the tackle is worthy of a caution.
    • 30' Well wouldn't you know it - Alves is penalised for loitering in an offside position yet again. The Brazilian is clearly going for the record this afternoon!
    • 28' Scrappy defending by Bolton as Gary Cahill and Jussi Jaaskelainen contrive to gift 'Boro a needless throw-in.
    • 26' Afonso Alves is frustrating his manager and fans alike after being caught offside for the third and fourth times of the match - very sloppy from the striker.
    • 23' A nasty studs-up challenge from Didier Digard on Kevin Davies earns the midfielder a definite booking.
    • 20' Tuncay is fouled by Fabrice Muamba and Downing has a dangerous free-kick opportunity, but the winger wastes it.
    • 17' Gavin McCann makes a crunching tackle on Didier Digard, but referee Martin Atkinson does not deem it worthy of a booking. The next one will be though!
    • 14' The game finally settles down a bit with both managers screaming at their players, but for very different reasons.
    • 11' Middlesbrough have a glorious opportunity to hit straight back through Gary O'Neil as the midfielder's shot is cleared off the line superbly by Kevin Nolan after Jaaskelainen is beaten.
    • 10' GOAL!! It's 2-0 and the same duo have combined to score it, but this time in reversed roles. Gretar Steinsson finds Matt Taylor who takes the ball in his stride and finds the inside of Turnbull's far post.
    • 8' GOAL!! Bolton take the lead from a beautifully dinked free-kick Matt Taylor, finding Gretar Steinsson ghosting in at the back post. Emmanuel Pogatetz is booked for the clumsy tackle on Johan Elmander which lead to the free-kick.
    • 7' It's a fast start from both sides and the game looks very open - expect goals!
    • 5' Ross Turnbull is like lightning off his line to beat Kevin Nolan to Fabrice Muamba's pass.
    • 2' Alves streaks through on goal, picking up Didier Digard's pass, but he ruled offside.
    • 1' We're underway at The Riverside, and 'Boro are straight on the attack, with Gary O'Neil feeding direct passes straight up to Afonso Alves.
    • - Bolton are unchanged from their defeat to Rafael Benitez's side; while 'Boro bring back David Wheater and Jeremie Aliadiere, in place of Chris Riggott and Julio Arca, respectively.
    • - Welcome to Bolton's visit to The Riverside to face Gareth Southgate's Middlesbrough. The home side are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches, while Gary Megson's Trotters will be looking to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat to Liverpool at The Reebok last weekend.

  • Team Stats

    Middlesbrough Stats Bolton Wanderers
    69% Possession 30%
    25 Shots 13
    6 Shots on target 5
    1 Saves 4
    8 Corners 0
    17 Fouls 10
    5 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    8 Tackles 23
    469 Accurate passes 158
    70 Bad passes 25

  • 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
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      21 Ross Turnbull 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0
      31 David Wheater 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 56 1 3
      3 Andrew Taylor 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 46 12 0
      2 Justin Hoyte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0
      6 Emanuel Pogatetz 1 3 1 2 3 0 0 50 5 0
      4 Gary O'Neil 0 3 2 2 3 0 0 64 6 1
      8 Didier Digard 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 58 18 1
      19 Stewart Downing 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 37 13 1
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 4 1 2 3 0 0 26 6 1
      12 Afonso Alves 0 3 0 1 1 4 0 11 2 0
      10 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 21 0 0
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      41 Josh Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Julio Arca 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 16 4 0
      40 Jonathon Grounds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Marvin Emnes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1
      38 Sebastian Hines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
      5 Gary Cahill 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 0 1
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 9 4 0
      7 Matthew Taylor 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 12 7 0
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 4
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 1
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 18 1 0
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 21 4 4
      6 Fabrice Muamba 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 17 3 5
      14 Kevin Davies 1 1 1 2 4 0 0 24 1 2
      9 Johan Elmander 1 1 1 2 3 2 0 19 1 6
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      35 Temitope Obadeyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Ebi Smolarek 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Chris Basham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Danny Shittu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Riga Mustapha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 86' Middlesbrough's finishing continues to be poor as Tuncay, then O'Neil, have shots cleared from inside the Bolton box - desperate defending but 'Boro have not been clinical in front of goal. Jaaskelainen had saved Tuncay's shot and Arca's follow-up.
    • 78' GOAL!! Bolton regain their two-goal lead and the superb Johan Elmander has got it! The striker scores his second league goal of the season after chesting the ball down and finishing crisply.
    • 77' GOAL!! Finally 'Boro have got a goal back and it's the unlikely figure of Pogatetz who has got it! The defender makes clean contact with a half-volley for his last goal in 19 months.
    • 61' Fabrice Muamba misses a glorious chance to put the game beyond doubt after Johan Elmander's driving run found the midfielder to his left, but he drags his shot wide.
    • 55' Tuncay, who looks the brightest 'Boro player by far, bundles his way into the Bolton box and wins a corner. The forward was unlucky not to have the ball fall at his feet for what would have been a good opportunity.
    • 43' A wonderful teasing cross by Steinsson from the right wing flashes across the 'Boro six-yard box, but none of his team-mates does the cross justice by getting on the end of it.
    • 36' Jeremie Aliadiere plays a neat one-two with Alves in the Bolton half, before Tuncay latches on to the ball at pace and drags his shot narrowly wide - good build-up play from the hosts.
    • 11' Middlesbrough have a glorious opportunity to hit straight back through Gary O'Neil as the midfielder's shot is cleared off the line superbly by Kevin Nolan after Jaaskelainen is beaten.
    • 10' GOAL!! It's 2-0 and the same duo have combined to score it, but this time in reversed roles. Gretar Steinsson finds Matt Taylor who takes the ball in his stride and finds the inside of Turnbull's far post.
    • 8' GOAL!! Bolton take the lead from a beautifully dinked free-kick Matt Taylor, finding Gretar Steinsson ghosting in at the back post. Emmanuel Pogatetz is booked for the clumsy tackle on Johan Elmander which lead to the free-kick.
    • - Welcome to Bolton's visit to The Riverside to face Gareth Southgate's Middlesbrough. The home side are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches, while Gary Megson's Trotters will be looking to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat to Liverpool at The Reebok last weekend.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Atkinson

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    Captain: Emanuel Pogatetz

    Starting line-up

    • R. Turnbull
    • J. Hoyte
    • D. Wheater
    • E. Pogatetz Goal Yellow Card
    • A. Taylor Substitution Out (79′)
    • D. Digard Yellow Card
    • G. O'Neil
    • J. Aliadière Substitution Out (58′)
    • S. Downing
    • A. Alves Substitution Out (73′)
    • S. Tuncay

    Subs

    • J. Arca Substitution In79′
    • B. Jones
    • A. Johnson Substitution In58′
    • .. Walker
    • S. Hines
    • J. Grounds
    • M. Emnes Substitution In73′

    Injured

    • C. Riggott
    • A. Mido
    • R. Huth

    Suspended

    None

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    Starting line-up

    • J. Jaaskelainen
    • G. Steinsson Goal
    • G. Cahill Yellow Card
    • A. O'Brien
    • J. Samuel Yellow Card
    • F. Muamba Yellow Card
    • G. McCann Yellow Card
    • K. Nolan Yellow Card
    • J. Elmander Goal Substitution Out (83′)
    • M. Taylor Goal Substitution Out (88′)
    • K. Davies

    Subs

    • C. Basham
    • R. Gardner Substitution In88′
    • E. Smolarek Substitution In83′
    • D. Shittu
    • A. Al Habsi
    • R. Mustapha
    • T. Obadeyi

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None