Megson relieved after win

25 October 2009 16:39
Bolton manager Gary Megson expressed his relief after his side's 3-2 win over Everton on Sunday. A late strike from substitute Ivan Klasnic sealed the victory for the Trotters, after Everton had come from 2-0 down to equalise thanks to excellent goals from Louis Saha and Marouane Fellaini. Lee Chung-Yong and Gary Cahill looked to have given Bolton an unassailable lead, but the Toffees did not give up, and Megson was pleased that his team snatched a late winner. "Well at the end I suppose it's a mixture of relief and obviously delight that we've come away with the three points," he told Sky Sports. "And a great deal of pride because we played some great stuff, mixed in with some average stuff that meant the game was as tight as it was. "But they keep going, they never give in, they battle for every square inch of grass on the pitch. "At times we just need to improve that quality and at 2-0 really we should go on there and the game shouldn't have panned out as it actually did. "It's a really good victory both in terms of how we've won and also who we've beaten. Last-ditch "There was an occasion there at 2-2 where we're trying to win it but in trying to win it we nearly lost it because I think they had a break of about four on two and Fab Muamba did fantastically well to get in and I think take it off Gosling's toes. "The one thing I've never ever done at Bolton is come in and criticise a lack of effort or a desire or honesty on behalf of what they do." Klasnic was down on the ground just minutes before he scored the winner, after a clash with Everton defender Lucas Neill, but he shook of a head injury and smashed the ball past Tim Howard to secure the win. It was the Croatian's first goal for Wanderers, and Megson was full of praise for the courageous striker. "Ivan, if you watched him in training, he's a great lad," he added. "He's come across, he's settled in really well. "He's got to get used to English football and what's expected of him, but his finishing and his goalscoring if you saw him in training you will see absolute quality when he's finishing and that couldn't have dropped to anyone better."

Source: SKY_Sports