Bolton 2 Sheffield United 0: Blades blunted by Steinsson and Elmander

23 January 2010 22:39
Owen Coyle stood among his players and delivered a half-time address that changed the course of the tie.[LNB]'I asked the lads at half-time to add some more passing to our game and not be so one- dimensional,' said the new Bolton manager.[LNB]It worked. Within three minutes of the restart, Gretar Steinsson had given Bolton the lead and Johan Elmander added a second to put them into the fifth round.[LNB] 1-0: Gretar Steinsson hails the Reebok faithful after putting Bolton a goal up[LNB] [LNB]Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell was not impressed. He said: 'Two sloppy goals, make no mistake about it. There was nothing in the teams. It would be hard to tell which was the Premier League side.'[LNB]Blackwell is looking for a centre half, having sold Matt Kilgallon to Sunderland and seeing Marcel Seip pull a hamstring in the pre-match warm-up.[LNB]There was discontent in the stands as mistake followed mistake in the first half, with Bolton the biggest culprits as the workmanlike visitors harried their opponents.[LNB] [LNB] [LNB] At full stretch: Gary Cahill vies with Henri Camara[LNB] [LNB]United should have scored first. Henri Camara was through with plenty of time to lob the advancing goalkeeper, Jussi Jaaskelainen, but his lob sailed over.[LNB]Bolton led when Kevin Davies slipped the ball wide to Steinsson, who shot home from the narrowest of angles.[LNB] [LNB] [LNB] [LNB] Old pals' act: Kevin Blackwell and Owen Coyle - who met in last season's play-off final - share a joke on the sidelines[LNB]Minutes after Coyle had taken off Ivan Klasnic his replacement, Elmander, ensured Bolton's passage.[LNB]Chung-Yong Lee lifted the ball cleverly over a defender and Elmander ran on to it to score from an angle not quite as acute as Steinsson's.[LNB] Bolton boss Coyle tones down 'assault' claim on Arsenal defender GallasCoyle's Bolton bust-up with No 1 Jaaskelainen over goalkeeping coachBOLTON WANDERERS FC

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