Bolton Wanderers 3 - 2 Everton

Klasnic gives Trotters first home win

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Ivan Klasnic celebrates his winning goal against Everton.

Scoring Summary
Bolton Wanderers	Everton
Chung-yong Lee (16)	Louis Saha (32)
Gary Cahill (27)	Marouane Fellaini (55)
Ivan Klasnic (86)

Match Stats
	Bolton Wanderers	Everton
Shots (on Goal)	13(5)	18(5)
Fouls	15	16
Corner Kicks	4	4
Offsides	2	2
Time of Possession	42%	58%
Yellow Cards	3	1
Red Cards	0	0
Saves	3	2

Match Information

Stadium: Reebok Stadium, England Attendance: 21,547 Match Time: 13:30 UK Official(s): Philip Dowd (Referee)

Teams
Bolton Wanderers	Everton
22 Jussi Jaaskelainen	24 Tim Howard
12 Zat Knight	15 Sylvain Distin
5 Gary Cahill	5 Johnny Heitinga
3 Jlloyd Samuel	2 Tony Hibbert
18 Samuel Ricketts	23 Lucas Neill
11 Ricardo Gardner	26 Jack Rodwell
6 Fabrice Muamba	25 Marouane Fellaini
21 Tamir Cohen	17 Tim Cahill
7 Matthew Taylor	19 Dan Gosling
27 Chung-yong Lee	8 Louis Saha
14 Kevin Davies	11 Jô
Substitutes
4 Paul Robinson	Carlo Nash 1
31 Andrew O'Brien	James Wallace 38
17 Ivan Klasnic	Jose Baxter 37
15 Gretar Rafn Steinsson	Kieran Agard 35
26 Ali Al Habsi	Seamus Coleman 31
30 Chris Basham	Shane Duffy 34
16 Mark Davies	Hope Akpan 39
Substitutions
Ivan Klasnic for Ricardo Gardner (65)	Seamus Coleman for Johnny Heitinga (80)
Chris Basham for Chung-yong Lee (89)
Yellow Cards
Kevin Davies (31)	Marouane Fellaini (63)
Gary Cahill (57)
Jlloyd Samuel (61)
· Club Squads: Bolton Wanderers | Everton

Updated: October 25, 2009, 7:58 AM UK

Gary Megson's side triumphed at the Reebok Stadium as substitute Ivan Klasnic scored his first goal for the club with the decisive strike in the 87th minute.

• Megson hails Klasnic impact

The hosts had been well in control as goals from Lee Chung-Yong and Gary Cahill put them 2-0 ahead. Everton hit back with a wonder-strike from Louis Saha and Marouane Fellaini's second-half equaliser, but Klasnic settled the issue late on.

Megson named the same starting XI for Bolton that had performed so creditably at Old Trafford a week earlier. John Heitinga and Lucas Neill returned to the Everton defence after being cup-tied for the Europa League fixture against Benfica on Thursday, and with Yakubu ruled out, Saha came back into the starting line-up to play up front with Jo.

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, who scored his first goal for the club in the 1-1 draw against Wolves last week, did not make the squad after injuring his calf in Lisbon, while youngster Seamus Coleman dropped to the bench.

The 2-1 defeat to Manchester United had been Bolton's first for six matches and the hosts looked set to continue their good run in the opening stages, making a positive start to the game.

Jlloyd Samuel floated a cross in for an unmarked Tamir Cohen in the third minute, but the Israeli sent his header across goal and two minutes later Kevin Davies connected with a delightful free-kick from Matt Taylor, only for the captain to direct his header down into the turf, the ball bouncing up over Tim Howard's goal.

Everton attempted to hit back but Jo lost his footing on the edge of the box and shot tamely at Jussi Jaaskelainen before sending a glancing header wide from a corner.

With 17 minutes on the clock, it was Bolton who made a deserved breakthrough, Sam Ricketts beating Tony Hibbert on the right and sending a bouncing ball across the box which evaded the Everton defence and found Lee, who coolly slotted past Howard.

Again Everton attempted to rally but the visitors were showing little conviction in front of goal and Bolton doubled their lead on 27 minutes. Taylor sent in another wonderful delivery from a free-kick on the left and centre-back Cahill rose tallest from a crowd of players in the area to loft the ball over Howard.

Everton looked like they might crumble completely, yet within five minutes, they had found a response out of nowhere. There appeared to be little on when Neill found Saha in space midway into the Bolton half, but the Frenchman caught the entire ground by surprise as he advanced a few yards before rifling the ball into the top corner to put the Toffees back in the match.

Everton finished the first half the stronger side and having emerged for the second looking similarly purposeful, drew level within ten minutes of the restart. Neill was the provider once again, lofting the ball towards the Bolton box where Fellaini brought it down, turned Cahill and then smashed it into the roof of the net from a tight angle.

Suddenly Everton were in the ascendancy and as Bolton's passing game broke down, their frustration became apparent, with Cahill and then Samuel both booked for rash tackles in quick succession.

David Moyes' side looked like they might win it with 15 minutes to go when Dan Gosling broke clear, but he ran out of steam before getting a shot away and, having survived that scare, Bolton managed to regain their composure.

Davies wasted a glorious opportunity from six yards after misdirecting a header from Lee's inswinging corner, but Wanderers' tails were up and it was the substitute Klasnic who had the final say with just three minutes remaining.

Jaaskelainen hit a long ball straight into the Everton box and when Davies managed to head it down for Klasnic, the Croatian made no mistake, drilling it past Howard to notch his first goal in English football and Bolton's first home league victory of the campaign.