Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Burnley: Chung-Yong Lee cool finish
uk.eurosport.yahoo.com
Owen Coyle got his first league win as Bolton boss at the expense of former club Burnley as Chung-Yong Lee's first half goal earned them a 1-0 win at the Reebok Stadium.
The visitors' offside claims fell on deaf ears as Lee latched onto Kevin Davies's clever through ball on 35 minutes to finish off the underside of the bar.
Bolton deserved the three points - which lifted them out of the Premier League relegation zone at Burnley's expense - and could have won by more.
Fabrice Muamba's surging run was brilliantly picked out by Davies in the 18th minute but the midfielder failed to keep his shot down.
After the break, Tamir Cohen should have tested Brian Jensen with a free header, while substitutes Jonathan Elmander and Ricardo Gardner both went close.
Burnley lost both Chris McCann and skipper Graham Alexander to injury early on - and Brian Laws's side looked disjointed as they struggled to create chances.
Michael Duff could not divert Alexander's driven cross on target in the 13th minute, while Chris Eagles blazed well over after a Steven Fletcher shot had been parried by Jussi Jaaskaleinen with the score still goalless.
But that was all they could muster and Jaaskaleinen was redundant in the second half.
Coyle was given the expected hot reception by the 5,000 travelling Burnley fans - and his applause in their direction at the final whistle was not reciprocated.
But he certainly goes home the happier manager with his successor at Turf Moor Laws still searching for his first point and his first goal.
Andrew Winter / Eurosport
Source: uk.eurosport.com
uk.eurosport.yahoo.com
The visitors' offside claims fell on deaf ears as Lee latched onto Kevin Davies's clever through ball on 35 minutes to finish off the underside of the bar.
Bolton deserved the three points - which lifted them out of the Premier League relegation zone at Burnley's expense - and could have won by more.
Fabrice Muamba's surging run was brilliantly picked out by Davies in the 18th minute but the midfielder failed to keep his shot down.
After the break, Tamir Cohen should have tested Brian Jensen with a free header, while substitutes Jonathan Elmander and Ricardo Gardner both went close.
Burnley lost both Chris McCann and skipper Graham Alexander to injury early on - and Brian Laws's side looked disjointed as they struggled to create chances.
Michael Duff could not divert Alexander's driven cross on target in the 13th minute, while Chris Eagles blazed well over after a Steven Fletcher shot had been parried by Jussi Jaaskaleinen with the score still goalless.
But that was all they could muster and Jaaskaleinen was redundant in the second half.
Coyle was given the expected hot reception by the 5,000 travelling Burnley fans - and his applause in their direction at the final whistle was not reciprocated.
But he certainly goes home the happier manager with his successor at Turf Moor Laws still searching for his first point and his first goal.
Andrew Winter / Eurosport
Source: uk.eurosport.com
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