Trotters ruin Sullivan farewell

26 September 2009 19:11
David Sullivan's final home game as Birmingham co-owner ended in disappointment as substitute Lee Chung-yong's late goal earned a 2-1 victory for Bolton at St Andrew's. Sullivan, who has been at the helm for 16 years, looked on from the director's box as Lee struck only a minute after Kevin Phillips had levelled for Blues. That had cancelled out Tamir Cohen's first-half effort for the visitors. Blues had an early scare when goalkeeper Joe Hart came out of his box to try and head clear. But the on-loan Manchester City player failed to find touch and was relieved when an ambitious effort from the touch-line by Ivan Klasnic was only just too high. Then after 10 minutes Bolton stunned the home fans by taking the lead through Cohen. A throw from Samuel Ricketts was flicked on at the near post by Kevin Davies and Cohen beat Hart with a header which looped into the corner of the net for his third goal of the season. Blues appealed for handball against Gary Cahill, who came close to joining them from Aston Villa last season, but their protests were waved aside by referee Steve Bennett. City were now enjoying most of the possession and Keith Fahey thundered a fierce 20 yarder against the Bolton crossbar. Substitute Lee could have doubled Bolton's lead when he went around Hart but the angle became narrow and he dragged his shot across the face of goal. Another replacement, Gavin McCann, came close to scoring only to be denied by Hart who came quickly off his line to block his shot. Phillips replaced Vignal and levelled for Birmingham with five minutes remaining after collecting a pass from Benitez, but Lee grabbed the winner a minute later after Matthew Taylor's free-kick had hit a post.

Source: Eurosport