Source: Daily_Mail
Bolton 3 Aston Villa 2: Clarets miss penalty and hit post as Ivan Klasnic caps comeback
Ivan Klasnic came off the bench to drive home a goal that made a bad week for Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier a whole lot worse.[LNB]But centre-back Gary Cahill, a former Villa player, was the real hero of a win that hoisted Bolton into sixth place.[LNB]Houllier, criticised for fielding aweakened team in the midweek FA Cup defeat at Manchester City and thenadmitting he did not think his first team could have won that game,said: 'Wednesday is finished, we have dealt with that.' [LNB] Up for it: Bolton's Gary Cahill headers past Villa keeper Brad Friedel[LNB] [LNB]Then helamented: 'We had the performance today but not the result. We creatednearly a dozen chances. I feel frustrated and disappointed.'[LNB]Cahill wrecked Houllier's day by twicestorming into the Villa box to equalise goals from Darren Bent and theimpressive Marc Albrighton. [LNB]Bolton boss Owen Coyle admitted it is onlya matter of time before he loses the England centre-half to one of the top clubs.[LNB] Close call: Aston Villa's Stewart Downing shoots narrowly wide[LNB]MATCH FACTSBOLTON (4-4 2): Jaaskelainen; Stensson, Cahill, Wheater, Robinson;Elmander (Klasnic 67min), Muamba (M Davies 60), Holden, Petrov (Lee60); K Davies, Sturridge. Subs (not used): Bogdan, Taylor,Moreno, Alonso. Booked: Elmander, Holden, Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Wheater.ASTON VILLA (4-4-1-1): Friedel; Walker, Clark, L Young, Baker; Albrighton(Agbonlahor 83), Reo-Coker, Delph (Petrov 77), Downing; A Young; Bent.Subs (not used): Marshall, Pires, Bradley, Heskey, Herd. Booked: Clark,Walker.Referee: K Friend (Leicestershire)[LNB]Maybe to Manchester United, whose watching manager Sir Alex Ferguson has a growing problem with the fitness of Rio Ferdinand.[LNB]Coyle said: 'Gary Cahill has thefeet of a centre-forward, such quick, such clever feet, and I believehe could play for any of the top teams. He is so comfortable on theball. The time will come when he will outgrow this club.'[LNB]Villa should have had the points inthe bag long before Klasnic's late winner. They missed a stack ofchances, including an Ashley Young penalty after David Wheater hadbundled him over. [LNB]However, ?18m striker Bent was the biggest culprit.He blew four good chances to ease the pressure on his boss.[LNB] Aston Villa lead ?15m chase for Lille striker GervinhoGerard Houllier: Even my best Villa team couldn't beat Manchester CityCoyle delighted as Blake decides to fight for his place at Bolton All the latest Aston Villa news, features and opinionAll the latest Bolton news, features and opinion[LNB] Explore more:People: Ivan Klasnic, Gary Cahill, David Wheater, Owen Coyle, Alex Ferguson, Rio Ferdinand, Gerard Houllier, Darren Bent Places: United Kingdom
