Bolton withstands late rally to shock Tottenham
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November 7, 2010, Sunday
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TOTTENHAM Hotspur fell to earth with a thud yesterday after its midweek Champions League win over Inter Milan, losing 2-4 at Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League despite a furious late rally.
Two goals by Kevin Davies helped Bolton into a deserved 3-0 lead with less than 15 minutes remaining before spectacular efforts by Alan Hutton and Roman Pavlyuchenko set up an unexpectedly gripping finale in the lunchtime kickoff at the Reebok Stadium.
Davies fired Bolton in front after 31 minutes with a low shot into the corner and Icelandic right back Gretar Steinsson, who stifled the threat of Tottenham's man of the moment Gareth Bale throughout, doubled the lead early in the second half with a well-worked goal.
Tottenham appeared set for a drubbing when Davies made it 3-0 from the penalty spot but Hutton gave the visitors hope in the 79th with a curler into the top corner.
Pavlyuchenko cut the deficit further with a superb angled volley three minutes from time but as Tottenham pressed forward in stoppage time Martin Petrov sealed the points on the counter-attack to put Bolton ahead of Spurs into fifth place, both have 15 points.
With leader Chelsea (25 points) not in action until today, Manchester United can close the gap to two points later when it hosts Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Meanwhile, the team formed by disenchanted United fans could be just a game away from facing the club they rebelled against after it was bought by American tycoon Malcolm Glazer.
FC United, which has rapidly risen to the seventh tier of English football after five years in existence, has now reached the second round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 victory over third-tier club Rochdale on Friday.
Victory in the next game would take the semi-professional side to the stage when the top teams, including United, enter world football's oldest knockout competition.
On the prospect of playing at United's Old Trafford ground, FC United manager Karl Marginson says that "for a lot of our fans it would be a nightmare because they have vowed never to go to Old Trafford again."
Two goals by Kevin Davies helped Bolton into a deserved 3-0 lead with less than 15 minutes remaining before spectacular efforts by Alan Hutton and Roman Pavlyuchenko set up an unexpectedly gripping finale in the lunchtime kickoff at the Reebok Stadium.
Davies fired Bolton in front after 31 minutes with a low shot into the corner and Icelandic right back Gretar Steinsson, who stifled the threat of Tottenham's man of the moment Gareth Bale throughout, doubled the lead early in the second half with a well-worked goal.
Tottenham appeared set for a drubbing when Davies made it 3-0 from the penalty spot but Hutton gave the visitors hope in the 79th with a curler into the top corner.
Pavlyuchenko cut the deficit further with a superb angled volley three minutes from time but as Tottenham pressed forward in stoppage time Martin Petrov sealed the points on the counter-attack to put Bolton ahead of Spurs into fifth place, both have 15 points.
With leader Chelsea (25 points) not in action until today, Manchester United can close the gap to two points later when it hosts Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Meanwhile, the team formed by disenchanted United fans could be just a game away from facing the club they rebelled against after it was bought by American tycoon Malcolm Glazer.
FC United, which has rapidly risen to the seventh tier of English football after five years in existence, has now reached the second round of the FA Cup with a 3-2 victory over third-tier club Rochdale on Friday.
Victory in the next game would take the semi-professional side to the stage when the top teams, including United, enter world football's oldest knockout competition.
On the prospect of playing at United's Old Trafford ground, FC United manager Karl Marginson says that "for a lot of our fans it would be a nightmare because they have vowed never to go to Old Trafford again."
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