Source: SKY_Sports
Cohen on song
Bolton 1-1 Aston VillaSoccer Saturday analysis Bolton have enough points in the bag to avoid the drop, according to Phil Thompson, after a beauty from Tamir Cohen earned the Trotters a point against Aston Villa.The Israeli midfielder marked his first start of the season by cancelling out Ashley Young's opener in a game of few opportunities at the Reebok Stadium.The draw was enough to boost Bolton's return for the season up to 38 points and Thompson told Soccer Saturday that would be enough to earn them a place at the Premier League table next term."I think they (Bolton) have the required points, particularly with Sunderland and Blackburn having difficult times and then there is the bottom three," said Thompson."They work ever so hard; they may lack quality all-round but my goodness they don't half give their all. Everybody."He (Gary Megson) is playing a 4-5-1 with Kevin Davies out wide and Johan Elmander's running his legs off. But it was a poor game, to be honest."The visitors went in front when Ashley Young netted his first goal in 18 games but Thompson felt the strike papered over the cracks of an impotent forward line."The forwards - (John) Carew and (Emile) Heskey - it doesn't seem to be working for the pair of them. You look at partnerships and this just doesn't seem to be working."They've got away with this. There were very few chances for both sides. The goal all came about when Young shuffles it down the right-hand side, bends it in for Carew, who is running into the box."He misses it completely and it clips the far post and goes in. I would think both managers would say 1-1 was a fair result. Both keepers weren't really called into action at all."Villa's lead lasted until the hour mark when Cohen produced an instinctive, precise finish to level things up."The goal came from a free-kick up near the halfway line, right out wide and it was played right into the 'D'; there were a whole host of players there and it was a flick on by Davies, then Andy O'Brien and Cuellar go for the ball together and it just dropped."There was Cohen - he's all left-foot this boy - but with his right-foot on the half-volley he showed great technique and Brad Friedel didn't even see it - it whistled past him so quick."