Bolton 2 Blackburn 1

Muamba will be grinning himself to sleep tonight.

A good positive performance from Bolton, They looked to keep it down more than their opponents who played a very direct game, looking for The strength and pace of Yakubu and Hoillet to catch out the solid Bolton defence.

Blackburn biggest asset was their long throw into the box which caused considerable problems for Bwfc' Adam Bogdan.

We took the initiative through two Wheater headers, he would have been dissapointed not to get a hat trick as he came close to getting another header away on two other occasions.

Blackburn pulled one back through N'zonzi but other than that they rarely threatened the bolton goal.

Miyachi, Reo Coker and Ngog were the best players on the park. Reo Coker sat deep and won countless tackles and gave an all round impressive performance sitting deep. Miyachi was a constant thorn in Blackburn's side and frequently gave Mary-Kate or Ashley the opportunity to look foolish by breezing past and delivering a good ball. Ngog performed his lone role admirably again, he and Ryo linked up very well down the left, and Ngog gave alot of energy and helped to bring other players into play as always, unlike his replacement Klasnic who gave possibly the laziest cameo i have ever seen. He spent what seemed like the entire time he was on the pitch, pushing people, having a wonder, didnt commit to anything, didnt pressure. He can score 1 in 3, but we need someone who is going to put a shift in while were playing 4-5-1.

Other than that everyone was pretty solid, Petrov struggled in parts, but didnt commit enough like Klasnic, having those two on the pitch at the same time is a near fire way to invite pressure onto yourself.

Bolton will be disappointed not the extend the lead, Ngog, Davies and Pratley all had free headers in the second half, which they should have scored.

Equally, Yakubu should have scored a header prior to Wheater opening the lead.

A quick mention for Tim Ream who made the most significant yet least noticeable contribution today when he nicked the ball away from Yakubu 6 yards from goal. He just got enough on the ball to put Yak off and keep it at 0-0.

Overall a pleasing performance....just unfortunate that Liverpool have decided to stop trying to win and instead trying to make the relegation battle as interesting as possible.