Trotters ruin Sullivan farewell

27 September 2009 08:59
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. [LNB] 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. [LNB] That had cancelled out Tamir Cohen's first-half effort for the visitors.[LNB] 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. [LNB] 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. [LNB] 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. [LNB] City were now enjoying most of the possession and Keith Fahey thundered a fierce 20 yarder against the Bolton crossbar. [LNB] 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. [LNB] Another replacement, Gavin McCann, came close to scoring only to be denied by Hart who came quickly off his line to block his shot. [LNB] 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