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Straight from kick-off Mark Clattenburg calls time as Watford are left to ponder what could have been. Full-time Bolton 1 - 0 Watford.
Speed smashes the penalty past Foster down the middle of the goal which sends the remaining Bolton fans into raptures and secures all the points for Sam Allardyces' men. Bolton 1 - 0 Watford.
Danny Shittu kicks Idan Tall in the BOX and a penalty is awarded.
Scotsman Mackay is unlucky not to seal it after his header from a distance is tipped over the bar by in-form Jaaskelainen.
The centre-half Meite is booked for a poor tackle.
Deep in the heart of stoppage time King misses a guilt-edge chance beating Jaaskelainen but sending the ball wide of the right post.
Quinton Fortune is booked for a needless foul on Darius Henderson late on.
Doyley finds a second wind as he makes a run sending a good looking ball towards Stewart which is well cut out.
Watford are looking the more likely late on in this game to grab all 3 points as some Trotters' fans head for the exits 5 minutes before the final whistle.
Foster plays a bread and butter ball out to defender Shittu but nthe ex-Queens Park Rangers' star is caught unawares and is looky to bring it under control.
Young sends in a strike but the ball comes crashing back off the cross-bar as he regains his early form momentarilly which sends the noise level up a notch as both sets of fans get desperate along with the players.
Lloyd Doyley launches a free-kick looking for substitute Albert Jarrett but it is cleared easily.
Vaz Te puts the ball into the back of the net but the goal is ruled out for off-side as Diouf is the man flagged.
Allardyce sees red as he delivers a now trade mark verbal assault on his players.
The match begins to be stretched as time starts to run out, this looks to work in Watford's favour as they begin to enjoy a good spell of attacks.
Cult-hero Ivan Campo who is the lynch-man for Bolton today pulls the strings as he seands another good ball into Vaz Te but it comes to nothing.
Nikolas Anelka is replaced by Idan Tal after a poor first showing with Watford making their first change as Tommy Smith comes off for Albert Jarrett.
Nolan fouls for a second time in the space of two minutes and is living dangerously at the moment as the home faithful raise the noise level at the Reebok.
Nolan is booked after a cynical foul as Watford looked to break.
Stewart takes a free-kick from the left hand side but it is a woeful ball as it sails into the crowd.
Watford win a corner as the ball squirts off Bolton defender Abdoulaye Meite. Young takes the set-piece but the ball doesn't even clear the first man.
King and Henderson are creating a good partnership playing a mixture of good balls into each other as they try hard to usher the momentum of the match in their favour.
Anelka looks to be the man Bolton want the ball to fall for as Tal Ben Haim heads onto him yet agian but the ball is just too long.
Anelka flashes in a wicked shot outside the area but is well saved by Foster. From the goal-kick Watford win a corner but Young cannot produce a ball of the quality he would have liked.
Jaaskelainen returns the favour kicking the ball unintentionally all the way back to Foster from his goal kick. King and Henderson run for a ball played long out of defence by Stewart but Faye nods it back to Jaaskelainen.
Foster takes a free-kick too quickly for Clattenburg's liking and is told to take it again, which is met by booes from the Bolton faithful as the ball had gone through to Jaaskelainen.
Anelka looks to have been served up the 'hairdryer treatment' at half-time as his effort is much improved early on in the second.
Vaz Te looks to be an inspired substitution by Allardyce causing havoc on the wing.
Anelka bundles through three Watford defenders but the ball is eventually cleared by Stewart.
Anelka plays a ball of Jordan Stewart for a Bolton corner which is taken by Speed but easily collected by loanee goalkeeper Ben Foster.
Vaz Te plays in a ball but is cut out by Lloyd Doyley who sends Young off for another run down the wing.
Bolton kick-off the second half in the same manor they ended the first with Vaz Te looking dangerous early on.
Apart from Francis' effort which hit the woodwork Watford have not been able to impose themselves on the match as Bolton look more likely to break the deadlock in the second half after ringing the changes bringing on Vaz Te to seek out the vital firs
As the clock winds down to half time the players certainly look the opposite as Gary Speed plays in a lovely ball for Vaz Te who shoots just inches wide.
Watford make a mistake from their throw-in which Vaz Te jumps on to swing in yet another cross but fortunately for the southerners' Danny Shittu is under the ball.
Anelka looks very uninterested in the game as he has lacked commitment and passion on his debut.
Campo plays in a ball to the near post but is headed away by a stooping Jordan Stewart.
Young hits a weak shot from an attacking throw in for the Hornet's but is saved very easily by Jaaskelainen.
Anelka is taken down by Malky Mackay who is lucky to receive just a yellow as the game heats up in the latter stages of the first half.
Bolton take off Nicky Hunt who is replaced by Ricardo Vaz Te in an attacking change as they look to counter attack Watford.
Young looks to be Watford's set-piece taker today as he takes the resulting corner from the left hand side but Jaaskelainen looks massive between the sticks as he leaps to catch the ball.
Abdoulaye Faye flies in with a crunching tackle which leads to a Watford corner.
Young plays another ball into the Bolton box but once again it's a weak one which is too long for the head of Smith as Young looks unable to continue his good work from the early stages.
Ivan Campo plays a great angled ball into the path of Nikolas Anelka but the big target man lashes the ball wide of the framework.
Young takes a free-kick from the right hand side but it's a poor one and the ball goes out for a goal kick.
Diouf working hard today running continuously working in midfield and up-front for his team equally.
Henderson has a second great chance for Watford saved in the space of two minutes as he heads un-marked straight into the arms of a greatful Jaaskelainen.
Henderson plays a ball across the box and Damien Francis tries to place the ball into an open net but hits the upright.
King controls a ball well who plays a good ball into the path of Tommy Smith who bends in a cross from the right but is put out for a throw to the Hornets.
Damien Francis is caught in possesion by Bolton captain Kevin Nolan who in turn looks for El-Hadji Diouf but the ball is a poor one.
Henderson makes a long run down the left hand side but is tackled byTal Ben Haim who cocedes a throw-in.
King yet again tries to flick the ball onto Henderson but Jaaskelainen is there again to pick the ball up easily.
Neither team looks to be able to take the game by the scruff of the neck with most of the game being played in the middle of the pitch.
King with a long ball up towards Darius Henderson but the whistle goes for off-side.
Bolton play the ball around the middle of the park keeping the game at a steady pace early on.
Young looks to the liveliest in the early stages for Watford tring to put in King and Henderson whenever possible.
Lloyd Doyley plays a long ball looking forTommy Smith but the ball flies into the crowd.
Ashley Young switches to the left hand side who curles in another dangerous ball which is headed away to safety.
Damien Francis passes Ashley Young who swings in a cross which is nearly deflected into his own goal by Nicky Hunt
Marlon King tries to send in Darius Henderson but the ball rolls free to Jussi Jaaskelainen
Great excitement at a sunny Reebok stadium for this first ever Premiership meeting between Bolton and Watford, as Nikolas Anelka earns his debut for the Trotters with much travelled Tommy Smith appearing in the Watford line-up for the first time.
Ref Mark Clattenburg blows his whistle and Watford get the game underway with the Hornets looking to secure their first victory of the season.
Nicolas Anelka failed to cap his debut performance with a goal but a mental lapse by Danny Shittu gifted Bolton a dramatic last-gasp three points at the Reebok Stadium. The French international forward showed glimpses of the form that has convinced managers to pay more than £50 million in total transfer fees for his services over a seven-club career. But he was hauled off after 70 minutes by new boss Sam Allardyce and Bolton had run out of ideas by the time defender Shittu needlessly hacked at substitute Idan Tal in the 94th minute, presenting Gary Speed with the chance to convert the only goal of the game from the penalty spot. It was rough justice on the visitors who should have wrapped up their first away points of the season well before then. In the 20th minute, a mistake by Quinton Fortune presented Darius Henderson with the chance to head the ball goalwards sparking a furious scramble. The ball broke to Damien Francis whose shot struck the foot of Jussi Jaaskelainen's left-hand post with the rebound ricocheting to Ashley Young whose driven strike flew just wide of the target. That was the low point of a poor opening to the game by Allardyce's team who clearly struggled to accommodate Anelka in their tried and trusted three-man forward formation. After 35 minutes, Allardyce had seen enough and hauled off out-of-sorts right-back Nicky Hunt, reverting to a 4-4-2 formation with substitute Ricardo Vaz Te playing on the right wing. That switch brought an improvement in Bolton's play but the home side, impressive 2-0 conquerors of fancied Spurs on the opening day of the campaign, could still come no closer to a goal than a superb effort from Anelka just before the hour. There seemed little immediate danger as he gathered the ball on the edge of the Watford area fenced in by yellow shirts but, a couple of twists and turns later, he had made space for himself and unleashed a thunderous 20-yard drive that was parried well by keeper Ben Foster. In the first half Anelka had shown comparable skill when Ivan Campo's threaded through ball found the Frenchman who curled a shot wide of the Watford goal. Those moments of skill were enough to assure Anelka a resounding cheer from his new supporters when he was eventually brought off by Allardyce 20 minutes from time. But there was no doubt that this was, by their high standards of recent seasons, an extremely disappointing showing and one which suggested that Allardyce and his team will have to work hard on the training ground to integrate their new star into their team. The damage could have been a lot worse if Watford had enjoyed slightly more luck and composure in front of goal. Henderson missed a good opening in the 59th minute when he rose and headed just over from Young's far-post corner. And in the final 10 minutes before the penalty, Watford should have taken a lead. First Young showed great skill inside the box to find room for himself and curl in a shot which beat Jaaskelainen but rebounded to safety off the bar, then Marlon King fired just wide in injury-time and with their last chance of the game Malky Mackay also headed against the bar.
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