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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Reebok Stadium
  • Attendance: 20023
  • Referee: Clattenburg, M

Live Commentary

90 mins

It's finished 3-0, Bolton get their first win and it was fully deserved. Goals from Speed, Anelka and Braaten doing the damage.

90 mins

Braaten turns home Anelka's cross to make it 3-0

87 mins

Anelka blasts the ball wide as he looks for his second

85 mins

Diouf's free-kick is headed goalwards by Anelka but Hahnemann saves well

83 mins

De la Cruz is replaced by John Halls for the visitors

81 mins

Nolan lashes a volley just wide but the points appear safe for Bolton already

79 mins

Cid clears well after Reading force a corner

78 mins

Abdoulaye Meite fouls Long and he is booked

76 mins

Alonso is replaced by Daniel Braaten as Bolton make a change now

75 mins

Coppell has introduced Lita as he looks to find something to get his side back into the game but time is running out

73 mins

Emerse Fae is replaced by Leroy Lita as Reading make a second change

72 mins

Diouf's shot is deflected for a corner from which Gerald Cid's header is off target

70 mins

Nicky Hunt is the first player to be booked

66 mins

Bobby Convey's free-kick from the right is gathered by Jaaskelainen

65 mins

Mikel Alonso's shot from distance is claimed well by Hahnemann

63 mins

Golbourne is replaced by Bobby Convey as Steve Coppell makes his first change of the afternoon

61 mins

Hunt clears from Diouf's corner as Bolton look for a third goal

58 mins

Anelka has been very good for Bolton and the Trotters look like earning their first win of the season

56 mins

Diouf's excellent through ball had set Anelka clear for the goal but Bikey did well to get back only to inadvertantly touch the ball past his own keeper

55 mins

Anelka makes it 2-0 from close-range after Bikey had pushed the ball beyond his own keeper, Hahnemann

52 mins

Bikey has been one of Reading's better players as he gets in the way of a Diouf effort

50 mins

Bolton are in charge at the start of the second half but will be keen to imcrease their lead

48 mins

Another Diouf corner is cleared

45 mins

The second half gets underway with Bolton holding a slender lead

45 mins

Speed's header deservedly gives Bolton the lead at the break

44 mins

Harper defends well this time, clearing Diouf's corner

42 mins

Scott Golbourne does well to block another Anelka shot

39 mins

Hunt's free-kick is claimed well by Jussi Jaaskelainen

37 mins

James Harper's corner is cleared by the Bolton defence

35 mins

Bolton deserve their lead so far with the pressure on Sammy Lee to find his side's first win of the season

33 mins

Kevin Nolan fires a shot just wide as the Trotters look for a quick second

32 mins

Speed puts Bolton in front with a superb header from Diouf's corner

30 mins

Shane Long wastes a great chance for Reading

28 mins

Stephen Hunt's corner is cleared as Reading rely on the counter-attack

26 mins

Andre Bikey blocks Diouf's effort as the home side continue to dictate

25 mins

Anelka forces Marcus Hahnemann into a fine save

23 mins

Brynjar Gunnarsson fires an effort wide from the edge of the area

21 mins

Reading have yet to muster a decent attempt and it's Bolton who look like opening the scoring at the minute

19 mins

Bolton work a short corner but it comes to nothing

16 mins

Bolton are on the front foot at the moment

13 mins

Diouf's pull back for Speed sees the Welshman fire the ball over

11 mins

Doyle fouls Speed but escapes a booking

9 mins

Anelka has a shot blocked as Bolton raise the tempo

7 mins

Diouf's pass to Gavin McCann sets him clear but Ulises de la Cruz's tackle is excellent and denies him the opening

5 mins

Anelka appears to be up front on his own as Bolton have started nervously at home

4 mins

Gerald Cid's tackle denies Kevin Doyle as Reading settle slightly better

2 mins

Gary Speed is caught offside early on

0 mins

The action gets underway at The Reebok

0 mins

Reading defender Nicky Shorey is replaced by Scott Golbourne while unsettled Bolton pair Nicolas Anelka and El Hadji Diouf both start

Match Report

The pressure is already beginning to mount on Sammy Lee following Bolton Wanderers' dismal start to the new season.

Lee's record since replacing popular former manager Sam Allardyce in the Reebok Stadium hot-seat reads played five, lost four and drawn one - with three successive defeats shaping a poor start to the new Premier League campaign.

The former Liverpool and England coach has urged critical supporters to give him time to make his mark on the squad inherited from Allardyce, but with the Trotters currently sitting at the bottom of the table, he needs results and fast.

"It has been a very disappointing week for the club as three defeats in three games over seven days polarises our situation," he said.

"It's not going to happen overnight, but it would be great if we could have some patience in what we are trying to do."

Last weekend, Bolton lost 3-1 at Portsmouth to add to previous reverses against Fulham and Newcastle United and Lee earned the wrath of the travelling fans for substituting captain Kevin Nolan during the second half.

Elsewhere, Ricardo Gardner (hamstring) and Stelios Giannakopoulos (hernia) stepped up their returns from pre-season injuries this week but will miss the match, alongside Joey O'Brien (knee), Gavin McCann (ankle) and Kevin Davies (hamstring).

Reading already appear to have answered the critics who suggested second season syndrome could well hinder their ambitions of a top-half finish this year.

Last season's surprise package, it was suggested, would struggle to recapture the highs that saw them finish just outside the UEFA Cup places, but after taking a point off Manchester United and then defeating Everton 1-0 last weekend, those predictions appear to be incorrect.

The Royals have endured a testing start to the new campaign having also already faced and narrowly lost 3-2 to Chelsea, but they currently occupy tenth place in the table.

What is even more impressive is their early-season results have been secured despite manager Steve Coppell losing 11 players to injury.

First-team regulars Leroy Lita (hip), Michael Duberry (groin), Graeme Murty (hamstring) and Seol Ki-Hyeon (back) look set to miss out again this weekend.

Bolton Wanderers

Reading

Corners

11 6

Fouls

10 7

Goal attempts

18 5

Shots off target

6 3

Offsides

4 2

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