Bolton 1-1 Aston Villa - TalkSoccer

**andy villa** · 10-12-2005, 05:10 PM

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Juan Pablo Angel scored late on as Aston Villa denied Bolton Wanderers a ninth successive home victory.

Angel struck from close range on 88 minutes following good work from Luke Moore, despite Bruno N'Gotty's despairing lunge on the line.

El-Hadji Diouf's 82nd-minute goal from Ricardo Vaz Te's cross had seem set to seal victory for the home side.

Gary Speed hit the post as Bolton dominated early on, but Villa got their reward for some dogged defending.

Bolton were on the front foot for much of the game and dominated the first half, but were unable to break down Villa.

The home side were soon on top and were the first to threaten and Kevin Davies was denied twice within a matter of seconds.

The striker latched on to the loose ball after Villa failed to clear N'Gotty's free-kick, only for Thomas Sorensen to make a point-blank block.

From the rebound, the ball was sent back across goal, but Wilfred Bouma was able to intercept and concede a corner with Davies ready to pounce.

Bolton continued to press and N'Gotty sent a header wide before Joey O'Brien sent in a low shot which Sorensen got down well to save.

Villa could have taken the lead shortly after the half-hour when Lee Hendrie sent a short ball across the box to Milan Baros, only for the Czech striker to show a bad touch when well placed.

However, the home side remained the greater threat, and Kevin Nolan and Speed both saw goalbound shots blocked.

Speed came even closer five minutes before the interval as his header from Diouf's corner was tipped on to the post by Sorensen.

Wanderers nearly broke the deadlock within a minute of the restart as Diouf latched on to Davies' pass and slid the ball past the advancing Sorensen - only for Aaron Hughes to clear off the line.

But Villa were brighter in the second half.

Bolton keeper Jussi Jaaskelainen - who was under-employed in the first half - had to be alert to tip a fine strike from Milner around the post.

The Finn was also scrambling when Gavin McCann unleashed a low right-foot effort, although the ball went just wide.

Bolton's fans and players were getting frustrated, as evidenced by bookings for Tal Ben Haim and Diouf, both for diving.

Yet the introduction of Vaz Te breathed new life into Villa and the youngster was instrumental in setting up Diouf for the opener, although the Senegal striker did well to fashion enough space for the opening.

But just as the home fans were preparing to celebrate victory, Angel popped up to earn a point for Villa.

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Bolton: Jaaskelainen, O'Brien, N'Gotty, Ben Haim, Gardner, Giannakopoulos (Vaz Te 80), Speed, Faye, Nolan, Diouf, Davies (Okocha 66).
Subs Not Used: Walker, Jaidi, Nakata.

Booked: Ben Haim, Diouf.

Goals: Diouf 82.

Aston Villa: Sorensen, Hughes, Mellberg, Ridgewell, Bouma, Hendrie (Angel 84), McCann, Bakke, Barry, Milner (Davis 83), Baros (Moore 76).
Subs Not Used: Samuel, Taylor.

Booked: Milner, Baros, McCann, Bakke.

Goals: Angel 88.

Att: 23,646

Ref: P Dowd (Staffordshire).

good battling draw...

bizarre decision to stick with the 451...

we were much better when we went to 442...

WWFC1877 · 10-12-2005, 07:44 PM

Christ im shocked, Angel does know how to score

And there was me looking forward to taunting the Vile fans about another defeat....guess ill just have to stick to the Doncaster for a bit longer. Interesting as well with the 4-5-1, seems a bit negative if you ask me considering the situation that Villa are in right now. Then again i suppose this will be seen as a good point

mufcmyreligion · 10-12-2005, 11:20 PM

angel plays for 4 minute and he scores::nw:: im glad to see him end his drought

hanuma · 11-12-2005, 01:28 AM

fantastic result and a good performance too i gather.

NJ10 · 11-12-2005, 01:35 AM

i hate diouf so much it hurts.

the man is just a cess pool of a person, who has no respect for anything or anyone.

good point for villa tho, f*** those long ball playing bast@rds

hanuma · 11-12-2005, 01:40 AM

they are much more than just long ball....in fact their long balls are now long passes the vast majority of the time.

NJ10 · 11-12-2005, 01:41 AM

they are still a bunch of horrible kunts

**andy villa** · 11-12-2005, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mufcmyreligion

angel plays for 4 minute and he scores::nw:: im glad to see him end his drought

was a decent finish too...

hopefully that will help his confidence and we may start to see the real angel...

the goal was pretty much made by luke moore... that kid is getting better and better as each game passes...

WWFC1877 · 12-12-2005, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pablopicasso

hopefully that will help his confidence and we may start to see the real angel...

I thought we had seen the real one before the goal against Bolton - The goal shy **** waste of money, surely that is the real Angel?

**andy villa** · 12-12-2005, 11:58 PM

nah...

thats kenny miller....

mufcmyreligion · 17-12-2005, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldAndBlack

I thought we had seen the real one before the goal against Bolton - The goal shy **** waste of money, surely that is the real Angel?

haha kenny miller brilliant. have u ever seen how amazing of a player Angel was at Riverplate??? he scored a pair of the nicest goals ive seen tbh.