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Bolton Wanderers

  • Taylor 89’ (pen.)

Stoke City

  • Kitson 53’

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  1. Taylor earns Bolton point

    Taylor earns Bolton point

    Matt Taylor scored an 89th-minute penalty as Bolton fought back to draw 1-1 with Stoke City at the Reebok Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • Stoke City
    • 90+6 Final chance for Sunderland, a throw on halfway but Delap doesn't mind! No, he takes it inside to the centre circle and there goes the whistle, 1-1 and a much better second half.
    • 90+5 A promising move for Stoke comes to an end when Beattie plays a horrible ball wide that goes out for a throw when Whelan could have been in.
    • 90+4 Another long throw on the left that Delap will take but Knight rises to head clear.
    • 90+3 Delap hurls it near post and Shawcross gets up with the flick and in flies Lawrence but what a brave stop from Jaaskelainen who cops one in the head for his efforts.
    • 90+2 Late pressure from Stoke as they pump it into the box but hoofed out for a throw on the left, and up steps Delap!
    • 90+1 STOKE SUB: Beattie on for Fuller.
    • 90' Here we go, Taylor to equalise from the spot... and he does! Bottom right, 1-1!
    • 89' Bolton break, Ricketts down the right and he is in the box and a horrible tackle from Collins, he puts his foot right on his knee and it is rightly a penalty! Shocking tackle, Stoke complain it was outside the box, but it was not.
    • 88' Lawrence takes it short again, he combines with Whelan but it is cleared, falls to Pugh who shoots, parried from the keeper and Whelan puts in a teasing cross but Bolton clear.
    • 87' Corner to Stoke down the right, Lawrence takes, short, as they try to waste time, McCann puts it out for a corner again.
    • 86' Bolton fans area already leaving. That's not nice, and a bit silly, at least five minutes left.
    • 85' Sunderland come forward, Whitehead wide to Delap who wins a throw off Samuel. He rubs it down again, a long one methinks... No, short to Fuller, a one-two but Fuller is offside.
    • 83' Cohen has a crack from around 30 yards that is high, wide and handsome.
    • 82' Gardner is perplexed after a goal kick is awarded when he was sure the final touch came of Shawcross.
    • 81' Well claimed by Sorensen at the far post under considerable pressure.
    • 80' Bolton are pressing and pressing and, after good work down the left from Gardner, Davies wins a corner.
    • 78' Delap gets it back from the throw but the cross is too deep, out for a throw.
    • 77' Good hassling from Whitehead to earn his side a throw on the right, which Delap takes short, shock horror.
    • 76' STOKE SUB: Kitson comes off to raucous applause with Danny Pugh on in his place. 4-5-1 it is then.
    • 75' Samuel tries a long throw for Bolton but Stoke clear.
    • 74' Sorensen struggles with the delivery and it drops to Klasnic far post but his shot is mis-hit and away. Still with Bolton and it is swung in for Cahill still up there but Sorensen gets down well to his right to claim the header.
    • 73' Gardner's ball in from the left is headed out for a corner by Faye.
    • 71' Bolton are plugging away and Gardner almost gets in but is crowded out by Huth and Faye.
    • 69' High ball to the edge of the Bolton box, superb first touch by Fuller to kill it dead and he drills a low shot in but straight at Jaaskelainen.
    • 68' The corner is half-cleared, some head tennis in the box, three headers in fact, Davies knocks it on, AND COHEN WITH A BICYCLE KICK BLOCKED ON THE LINE BUT KNIGHT MUST SCORE AND NO! HE SPANKS IT OVER FROM THREE YARDS! WHAT A MISS!
    • 67' Free-kick to Bolton on the right, taken quickly and Klasnic is in and he fires towards the top left but a super stop by Sorensen to tip it over!
    • 65' Great slide tackle from Lawrence on Gardner in the box to put it out for a corner, but no! It stops dead at the corner flag and the race is on, Gardner gets there but he and ball are sent into touch.
    • 64' Bolton come forward again, Gardner this time, decent cross but headed away. This scoreline does not lie, they are similar teams but Stoke are simply better at it.
    • 63' Stoke have a free-kick and it is swung into the area, a bit of head tennis but Jaaskelainen gets it eventually, despite Shawcross's attentions.
    • 62' SUNDERLAND SUB: Etherington comes off for Lawrence.
    • 61' McCann plays it long, very good diagonal ball to Gardner but he is offside.
    • 59' Klasnic takes a long one on the chest and plays it wide, great ball to Davies but his return pass is useless.
    • 58' Bolton take it short as they try to pass their way in but eventually it breaks down and Stoke come clear.
    • 57' Whitehead with a cynical challenge on Gardner as he charged on the break down the left. Booking.
    • 56' Poor from McCann, easy for Sorensen.
    • 55' Huth fouls Gardner and McCann to take the free kick.
    • 54' Long one down the right is nodded on by Fuller to Kitson, he takes it with his left and totally puts Ricketts out of the game and he shifts it on to his right AND KITSON SCORES! 1-0! The reddest man in the Premier League puts Stoke ahead, great skill to create the chance and a cool finish low into the bottom right!
    • 53' Bolton break, Gardner swings it forward to Taylor on the edge of the box, he lets it bounce and tries a curling half-volley but just wide!
    • 52' Samuel is booked for a pull-back on Fuller that ended that counter.
    • 51' Good spell of pressure from Bolton but Stoke deal with the aerial threat and manage to counter.
    • 50' Stoke get forward, Fuller holds it up and knocks it to Etherington in acres of space on the left and he drills it in low and deflected off Collins AND DELAP MUST SCORE but he mis-hits it into the face of Knight!
    • 49' Shawcross lives, and play resumes.
    • 48' High into the Stoke box and Jaaskelainen punches this time but also maims Shawcross, who needs treatment.
    • 47' Great delivery from the corner and Jaaskelainen barely punches it with Kitson flying but hacked away by McCann!
    • 46' Second half underway! Stoke immediately get forward, Kitson on the left and his cut-back finds Fuller but put behind for a corner by Cahill I think!
    • 46' BOLTON SUB: A bold, half-time double swap for Bolton as Ivan Klasnic and Ricardo Gardner enter the fray, for the ineffectual Muamba and Steinsson, the latter playing in midfield.
    • 45+2 Half-time. 0-0. Says it all.
    • 45+1 Two minutes additional being played...
    • 45' Faye goes into the back of Davies, who wins a free-kick but got a knee in the base of his spine to boot. I'd say they can call it a draw now.
    • 44' It would be unfair to call this game dull as a lot has happened so far - just none of it has been much kop in terms of quality.
    • 43' Ricketts on the right attempts an in-swinging cross but it swings too much, into the chest of Sorensen.
    • 41' Kitson is convinced he should have had a corner but a goal kick is awarded.
    • 40' Kitson cleverly pokes it wide left for Collins but his attempt to knock it into Etherington is poor and put out for a throw. Back with Stoke in their own half but swung long to the left channel, high cross looking for Fuller but Bolton clear.
    • 39' A high ball for Davies sees Faye come through the back of him to hoof it clear and leave him on a heap on the ground. Revenge, main course (his earlier arm-in-head was more a starter).
    • 38' Taken long but easy for Sorensen despite Davies backing into him.
    • 37' Faye with an acrobatic overhead clearance as Bolton pile some pressure on. Throw to the hosts won by Davies on the right.
    • 36' Throw to Bolton on the right and Stoke do not clear it, the ball drops to Davies but his shot is blocked and eventually the Potters clear.
    • 35' Stoke come forward again but Etherington's cross is plucked out of the air by the Finnish keeper.
    • 34' Delap launches the throw near post AND IT ALMOST FLIES IN OFF THE KEEPER'S PUNCH AND THE BALL IS LOOSE IN THE BOX AND POKED TOWARDS GOAL BY WHELAN but the angle did it too much justice and that finish is easily cleared.
    • 33' Hoofed into touch by Cahill coming across Fuller who was in centre-left. Throw for Stoke, is that Delap coming across? Yes. He rubs the ball down...
    • 32' Whelan and Etherington over this free-kick, Whelan will take... He swings in a brilliant curling, dipping effort that Jaaskelainen flies across to tip behind for a corner!
    • 31' Good defending by Whitehead back at left-back and he brings it forward as Kitson bustles down the left, inside to Fuller who cuts past Cohen, drawing a foul and winning a free-kick 30 yards out.
    • 29' A classic period of Bolton-Stoke head tennis concludes when it drops to Cohen, whose weak shot trickles wide. That was a poor spell, a long ball weakly punched by Sorensen, Davies clearly fouling Shawcross trying to knock McCann's cross on and Cohen with a bad effort on goal.
    • 27' Cahill walks off to regain his senses while Fuller is still getting treatment on the ground. They both come back on.
    • 26' Fuller is down clutching his head after a challenge with Cahill deep in the Bolton half. There was nothing untoward about that, just a clash of heads which the Jamaican felt more.
    • 25' Davies launches himself into a fierce but fair tackle on Whitehead. He is lucky he was born English - a Spanish ref would have sent him off by now.
    • 24' Throw in on the right but, shockingly, Delap takes it short. The cross comes in from Huth of all people and it finds Shawcross at the far post but, tumbling in with two defenders, he heads it well off target.
    • 23' Free-kick then, Taylor to take but poor, straight down Sorensen's throat.
    • 22' Davies wins a free-kick off Faye who puts his arm into the back of his head, hardly even-stevens though as Davies got away with his, which caused the more damage.
    • 21' Good play by Wigan as Cohen comes forward and knocks a central, highish ball to Davies who flicks it on for Steinsson who has got forward but his acrobatic volley flies well over.
    • 20' Bolton still have it though, a throw the right which is taken quickly and Cohen whips in a dipping cross and Cahill with the header but it comes off the top of his bonce and goes over.
    • 19' Bolton are forward now, camped on the edge of the Stoke box but the passing move breaks down when McCann puts his cross straight down the throat of Peter Phillips look-a-like Thomas Sorensen.
    • 18' Kitson floats a lovely ball in for Fuller, who takes it well and looks wide to Etherington, whose cross is decent but flicked away by Cahill at the far post.
    • 16' Free-kick to Bolton on the right, it flies into Davies with his back to goal but he backs into his marker and Stoke gave a free-kick. Will be interesting to see the Davies-Faye battle develop. My money's on Davies as Faye just cannot afford to be reckless in his own area.
    • 15' Davies knew what he was doing there - I have seen people sent off for far less. He is lucky, although looking at the size of Faye he may want to reconsider trying to rough him up. Expect some form of pole-axing later.
    • 14' Long from Jaaskelainen, Faye goes down holding his head on the edge of his own box after getting a forearm in the face from, yup, Kevin Davies.
    • 13' Fuller is called up for a foul when trying to win an aerial ball deep in the Bolton half.
    • 12' Late challenge from Davies on Huth, Davies is the most penalised player in this league and easy to see why - he commits to everything.
    • 11' Delap gets forward and has a crack from the edge of the box but well over.
    • 10' A bit bitty it is now, as Davies fouls Faye giving Sunderland a free-kick deep in their own half.
    • 8' Bolton with a lucky escape then. Cohen wins a free-kick deep in his own half, which Jaaskelainen pumps long. Comes off a white shirt though, Cohen again, and Stoke have a throw.
    • 7' Fuller gets the ball on the right in the area, he cuts it past McCann who trips him and a penalty! No! A dive says the ref, who books a stunned Fuller. That looked like McCann left his leg in to me, and the replay confirms it. The only thing Fuller did wrong was perhaps exaggerate his fall but that was a penalty, all day.
    • 6' Corner to Stoke on the left which Whelan will take. Bolton clear though, with the likes of Knight and Cahill they are pretty fierce in the air.
    • 5' Bolton howl for a penalty as Samuel's cross brushes the arm of Shawcross but I don't think it touched him.
    • 4' Bolton have a free-kick on the right but cleared by Huth. Stoke must be the biggest team on the planet, Whitehead and Whelan aside they're all nine-foot-eight or something.
    • 3' Stoke look every inch a top-six team as the get it wide to Collins on the right who swings over a swirling cross that finds Fuller unmarked, he powers in the header but wide! Great level of intensity from Stoke at the start
    • 2' Stoke get it back and counter, long down the right but Fuller chases, he skins Knight and just keeps it in and a brilliant cut-back TO WHITEHEAD WHO CAN FINISH but a brilliant sliding block by Cahill!
    • 2' Free-kick to Bolton on the edge of their own box as Fuller puts himself about.
    • 1' First half underway at the Reebok!
    • - Stoke's strength in depth is shown by a bench featuring James Beattie and (a tear rolls down my cheek as I type) Tuncay. Yes, Tuncay is on Stoke's bench. Tony Pulis should be knighted, for that alone.
    • - No real surprises for Bolton, although misfiring striker Johan Elmander stays on the bench with Kevin Davies the lone striker. Despite returning from a ban, Sean Davis does not win back his place with Tamir Cohen, Gavin McCann and Fabrice Muamba preferred after their match-winning performance against Pompey last week.
    • - Today's referee is Mark Clattenburg from Tyne and Wear.
    • - Stoke: Sorensen, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Huth, Collins, Delap, Whitehead, Whelan, Etherington, Fuller, Kitson
    • - Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Samuel, Steinsson, McCann, Muamba, Cohen, Taylor, Kevin Davies
    • - We could have an aerial bmobardment today, Stoke have attempted 86 long-throws - the most in the league, while Bolton are third in this ranking with 57.
    • - Stoke have only won two out of 21 Premier League matches away from home, but Ricard Fuller scored in both games against Bolton last season.
    • - Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Bolton's Premier League clash wth Stoke from the Reebok Stadium.

  • Summary

    • 90+3 Delap hurls it near post and Shawcross gets up with the flick and in flies Lawrence but what a brave stop from Jaaskelainen who cops one in the head for his efforts.
    • 90' Here we go, Taylor to equalise from the spot... and he does! Bottom right, 1-1!
    • 89' Bolton break, Ricketts down the right and he is in the box and a horrible tackle from Collins, he puts his foot right on his knee and it is rightly a penalty! Shocking tackle, Stoke complain it was outside the box, but it was not.
    • 68' The corner is half-cleared, some head tennis in the box, three headers in fact, Davies knocks it on, AND COHEN WITH A BICYCLE KICK BLOCKED ON THE LINE BUT KNIGHT MUST SCORE AND NO! HE SPANKS IT OVER FROM THREE YARDS! WHAT A MISS!
    • 67' Free-kick to Bolton on the right, taken quickly and Klasnic is in and he fires towards the top left but a super stop by Sorensen to tip it over!
    • 54' Long one down the right is nodded on by Fuller to Kitson, he takes it with his left and totally puts Ricketts out of the game and he shifts it on to his right AND KITSON SCORES! 1-0! The reddest man in the Premier League puts Stoke ahead, great skill to create the chance and a cool finish low into the bottom right!
    • 53' Bolton break, Gardner swings it forward to Taylor on the edge of the box, he lets it bounce and tries a curling half-volley but just wide!
    • 50' Stoke get forward, Fuller holds it up and knocks it to Etherington in acres of space on the left and he drills it in low and deflected off Collins AND DELAP MUST SCORE but he mis-hits it into the face of Knight!
    • 34' Delap launches the throw near post AND IT ALMOST FLIES IN OFF THE KEEPER'S PUNCH AND THE BALL IS LOOSE IN THE BOX AND POKED TOWARDS GOAL BY WHELAN but the angle did it too much justice and that finish is easily cleared.
    • 32' Whelan and Etherington over this free-kick, Whelan will take... He swings in a brilliant curling, dipping effort that Jaaskelainen flies across to tip behind for a corner!
    • 2' Stoke get it back and counter, long down the right but Fuller chases, he skins Knight and just keeps it in and a brilliant cut-back TO WHITEHEAD WHO CAN FINISH but a brilliant sliding block by Cahill!
    • - Stoke: Sorensen, Shawcross, Abdoulaye Faye, Huth, Collins, Delap, Whitehead, Whelan, Etherington, Fuller, Kitson
    • - Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Ricketts, Cahill, Knight, Samuel, Steinsson, McCann, Muamba, Cohen, Taylor, Kevin Davies

Live Team Line-Up

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Davies

    Starting line-up

    • J. Jääskeläinen
    • S. Ricketts
    • G. Cahill
    • Z. Knight
    • J. Samuel Yellow Card
    • G. McCann
    • T. Cohen
    • G. Steinsson Substitution Out (45′)
    • F. Muamba Substitution Out (45′)
    • M. Taylor
    • K. Davies Yellow Card

    Subs

    • I. Klasnic Substitution In45′
    • A. O'Brien
    • S. Davis
    • R. Gardner Substitution In45′
    • A. Al Habsi
    • C. Lee
    • J. Elmander

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sørensen
    • R. Shawcross
    • A. Diagne-Faye
    • R. Huth
    • D. Collins
    • D. Whitehead Yellow Card
    • G. Whelan
    • R. Delap
    • M. Etherington Substitution Out (63′)
    • R. Fuller Yellow Card Substitution Out (90′)
    • D. Kitson Goal Substitution Out (78′)

    Subs

    • S. Simonsen
    • D. Higginbotham
    • J. Beattie Substitution In90′
    • D. Pugh Substitution In78′
    • L. Lawrence Substitution In63′
    • L. Cort
    • T. Sanli

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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