bluekipper.com - Bolton v Everton - Match Report - 2008/2009

Everton: Howard, Neville, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott, Arteta, Osman, Fellaini, Pienaar, Saha, Yakubu.

Bench: Nash, Hibbert, Baines, Rodwell, Cahill for Yakubu (62m), Vaughan, Anichebe for Saha (81m).

Referee: Phil Dowd

Same again for Everton as Moyesy resisted the temptation to bring back Tim Cahill and gave the team that did so well against Man Utd a chance to see if they could go one better and win. Everton started well and played some good togger with Pienaar and Arteta prominent. Everton had the ball in the net from Saha after good play with Yakubu, but it was cancelled out for offside. Everton continued the good start and Arteta first and then Saha again went close.

Bolton were hoofing the ball up, but Yobo and Jags were looking confident and dealing with the long balls. Not the greatest game, but Everton continued to play the footy with Fellaini, Yakubu and Saha doing well. The only problem Everton seemed to have was with the conditions with the ball zipping about on the wet surface. After 30 minutes it looked like Everton would be the team who would go ahead. With minutes to go Bolton could have gone ahead with Gary Cahill heading wide with Howard slipping and stranded.

Half Time: Bolton 0 EVERTON 0

The game was still a very dull affair with both sides misplacing passes. Bolton started getting their noses in front and Moyesy decided to make a change and brought on Tim Cahill but brought off The Yak. He wasn't happy and pushed Phil Neville away, after he tried to say "well played".

Everton still couldn't get a foot on the ball and put some pressure on Bolton. The game was becoming a poor scrappy affair. Everton put a few passes together and got a few crosses in, but nobody was on the end of it. It looked like the pitch was causing most players problems. The simple of passes were being misplaced.

A long shot by Riga was well saved from Howard, but that was one of the only efforts on target. Bolton were having the best of the closing minutes. Big Vic came on for Saha who hadn't done anything in the second half and immediately won a header on goal, but wide.

In the final minutes Everton should have had a penalty when Fellaini was pushed when he went for the ball. We got a corner. From the corner Arteta summed up the night with a dreadful corner which was hit directly out behind for a goal kick. Just when we were thinking it was 2 points dropped, Fellaini scored with a header following a cross from Peanuts. Fuckin incredible. He was booked for celebrating a goal and now faces a ban. Big Vic could have made it 2, but his shot was smothered by the keeper. Man Of The Match had to be Fellaini. A shit game but 3 points.

Full Time: Bolton 0 EVERTON 1

Andy's Rankin

Marks Out Of 10
Player	Marks	Player	Marks
Tim Howard	7
Phil Neville	7
Phil Jagielka	7
Joey Yobo	6
Joleon Lescott	6
Mikel Arteta	6
Mar Fellaini	8
Leon Osman	6
Steve Pienaar	7
Louis Saha	5	Victor Anichebe	n/a
Yakubu	6	Tim Cahill	7