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  • Kick-off: 20:00
  • Venue: Reebok Stadium
  • Attendance: 26634
  • Referee: Webb, H

Live Commentary

93mins

Spurs were on top in the second half but did not really do enough to salvage a draw, even though they hit the woodwork twice in the second period.

92mins

Spurs break forward again and feed Stalteri down the right but his cross-cum-shot comes back off the bar with Jussi Jaaskelainen stranded.

90mins

The referee indicates that there will be three minutes of injury time but Spurs look like they are heading for their first away defeat.

87mins

Spurs are trying to pile on the pressure but their quality in the final third is really letting them down and Bolton are standing firm.

84mins

Spurs make another substitution and replace Jermaine Jenas with Michael Brown.

84mins

Bolton make their final change and replace El Hadji Diouf with Bruno N'Gotty.

83mins

Bolton survive an amazing double scare as Jenas' volley is cleared off the line and Mido's mishit follow-up comes back off a post.

82mins

Tottenham will be largely disappointed with their lack of creativity in the final third as Bolton look comfortable.

79mins

Michael Carrick plays a quick free-kick to Teemu Tainio but he can't direct his shot on target after Jaaskelainen applies the pressure

77mins

Although Spurs are enjoying the possession they really are struggling to do anything with it while Bolton have lost the impetus since the withdrawal of Kevin Davies.

74mins

Bolton counter quickly and work the ball to Borgetti in the box but he scuffs his shot and Robinson makes the save.

73mins

Defoe works a one-two with Robbie Keane but his first-time effort from 25 yards is comfortably gathered by Jussi Jaaskelainen.

71mins

Michael Dawson clashes with El Hadji Diouf and earns the first booking of the game.

69mins

Tottenham break quickly and Jenas swings over a dangerous cross, Keane mistimes his jump, but the ball breaks to Tainio who blasts the ball into the stands.

67mins

Bolton force a a corner and Nolan's cross is met by Jaidi but his header loops high and wide.

65mins

Spurs are enjoying the lion's share of possession but are still finding it hard to break Bolton down who are keeping up an excellent work-rate.

62mins

Tottenham make their first change and take off Young-Pyo Lee and bring on Robbie Keane.

60mins

Bolton make another change and replace Stelios Giannakopoulos with Hidetoshi Nakata.

59mins

Mido picks the ball up wide and jinks his way into the box but Jaidi throws himself at the Egyptian's shot and the danger is cleared.

56mins

Spurs manage to sustain some pressure but Bolton are throwing their bodies at everything and in the end Dawson can't get enough direction on a Carrick corner and the ball goes harmlessly over.

53mins

Ricardo Gardner fails to deal with an Edgar Davids cross but Jermain Defoe blasts a volley from a difficult angle high into the crowd.

50mins

Bolton are keeping Spurs penned in their own area and force a couple of corners in quick succession.

49mins

Bolton make a substitution and replace Kevin Davies, who appears to have picked up an unjury, with Jared Borgetti.

46mins

There are no substitutions at half time and Tottenham get the game restarted.

45mins

Bolton have been the better side but the game has been largely disappointing with few chances to speak of.

43mins

Bolton are keeping up their hard work in m,idfield which is really stifling the Spurs midfield and the home defence is looking comfortable.

40mins

Davies and Diouf combine well to free Nolan but his side-footed shot from the edge of the box comes back off the post.

37mins

Defoe threads a lovely ball through to Young-Pyo Lee, who is surprisingly not offside, but he rushes his shot and toe-pokes it wide.

35mins

The goal certainly has lifted the Bolton players and Spurs have still to muster a shot of note.

32mins

Kevin Davies picks up a long ball and lays the ball back to Kevin Nolan and his 25 yard screamer arrows into the top corner.

31mins

A third of the game has passed in what is turning out to be a disappointing game and still neither keeper has been made to work.

28mins

The pace of the game has livened up and both teams are starting to look more threatening but as yet there have been no chances.

25mins

It has been a very untidy game up to this point and Bolton especially are working hard to deny Spurs any kind of space.

22mins

The blustery conditions are not helping the flow of the game and the pitch hasn't really recovered from last week's Uefa cup tie.

19mins

Neither keeper has had any kind of threat to contend with as both midfield's are not letting the other settle.

16mins

The game has not started flowing yet with both teams guilty of some sloppy passing.

13mins

Tottenham seem to have weathered the early Bolton storm and are beginning to thread some passes together.

10mins

Spurs mount their first real attack and Defoe flicks the ball back to Jenas but he drags his shot well wide of the target from 25 yards out.

8mins

Bolton maintain their pressure and El Hadji Diouf lays the ball off to Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye but his shot is way off target.

6mins

Bolton aer dominating the early possession without causing Spurs any real problems.

3mins

It has been a scrappy start to the game but Bolton are keeping Spurs penned back in their own half.

0mins

The referee blows his whistle and Bolton get the game underway.

Match Report

Man of the moment Kevin Nolan was Bolton's hero once again as Sam Allardyce's side climbed to third in the Premiership with a well-deserved victory over fellow high-fliers Tottenham.

But the home side were not made to work hard for the points on a blustery night at the Reebok Stadium.

Tottenham came to Lancashire having not lost away from home this season. That record was soon to change, although incredibly Spurs have never won at the Reebok Stadium in previous visits.

Bolton, as they have already shown this season, were up for the challenge and duly extended their winning Premiership run to three games on the bounce, following on from victories over West Brom and Charlton Athletic.

Nolan, after what had been a quiet opening, brought the match into life with a wonder strike after Kevin Davies' neat lay-off.

It was his seventh goal of the season and fourth in the last five games - a splendid achievement considering he spends most of his time in the middle of the park, running forward to support El Hadji Diouf and Davies.

The first half was a scrappy affair with both sides very cautious, maybe showing too much respect for each other having started the season in fine fashion.

And it showed as there was not a clear-cut chance on goal in the opening half-hour, until Nolan, in the 32nd minute, ignited what was turning into a rather dull encounter.

The Bolton midfielder unleashed a fierce 25-yard shot out of nothing - and Tottenham keeper Paul Robinson had no chance.

It should have been 1-1 though, as Jermain Defoe looked to have beaten the offside trap as he fired passed Jussi Jaaskelainen in the Bolton goal. But the linesman ruled the effort out for offside to the annoyance of the Tottenham striker.

Nolan nearly rubbed salt into the wound moments later, but having collected a clever pass from Diouf, the on-song player hit a post with a side-footed shot.

Maybe he should have struck his shot harder, but it would be harsh to criticise him for he was Bolton's best player in the opening exchanges.

Bolton were the better starters in the second half, but the first real chance fell to the visitors. Mido managed to get a shot away in the box, but a body of Bolton defenders got in the way of the ball and the danger was averted.

Defoe also went close in the 73rd minute, but Jaaskelainen was equal to the effort.

Tottenham almost equalised moments later but England defender Ledley King should have done better from close range as Gary Speed cleared off the line.

The visitors also hit the bar in the dying seconds as Jaaskelainen was nearly beaten by a swirling ball in the air.

But Allardyce introduced Frenchman Bruno N'Gotty in the dying stages as Bolton played with three centre-backs to make sure there was no way for Tottenham to grab a point.

Bolton Wanderers

Tottenham Hotspur

Corners

65

Fouls

139

Goal attempts

1010

Shots off target

12

Offsides

25

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