Bolton 0-1 Chelsea</p> <font size="2"> <table width="1" height="24" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="bottom"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </font> </p> <font size="2"> <table width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div> <div class="cap">Kalou scored with an opportunistic goal for Chelsea</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Salomon Kalou scored the only goal as Chelsea won in the Premier League for the first time since 25 August. </font></p> <font size="2">It was Chelsea's first Premier League goal in 460 minutes, Kalou scoring from a tight angle after hesitation between Abdoulaye Meite and Jussi Jaaskelainen. </font></p> <font size="2">The Bolton keeper made decent saves from Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda. </font></p> <font size="2">Bolton created several chances and Petr Cech denied Kevin Davies, El-Hadji Diouf and Nicolas Anelka, while Stelios Giannakopoulos clipped the crossbar. </font></p> <font size="2">Boss Sammy Lee went into the fixture having left midfield duo Kevin Nolan and Gary Speed out of the squad. </font></p> <font size="2">It was a brave move but the team he did select can perhaps consider themselves unfortunate to lose after taking the match to Chelsea and, in the first half at least, creating numerous openings. </font></p> <font size="2">Nonetheless, the result means Bolton have lost three of their four Premier League matches at home and have collected just five points from their nine games to remain anchored in the bottom three. </font></p> <font size="2">For Avram Grant, it was his first Premier League victory as Chelsea boss and gives his team back-to-back wins after the Champions League defeat of Valencia in midweek. </font></p> <font size="2"> <table width="208" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="5"></td> <td class="sib606"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </font></p> <font size="2">Chelsea threatened within a minute, Jaaskelainen saving Kalou's flicked header, but it was Bolton who stamped their authority over the opening phase of the match. </font></p> <font size="2">Danny Guthrie forced Cech into an early save, while the Czech keeper was forced into action again to deny Davies after the stand-in skipper ended a driving run with a low strike. </font></p> <font size="2">The visiting team, at the ground where they clinched the Premier League title in 2005, slowly began to assume control of the midfield. </font></p> <font size="2">Lampard, back in the side after a thigh injury, made clean contact from 20 yards. Jasskelainen spilled the shot but the ball fell to a Bolton player. </font></p> <font size="2">Kalou twice created opportunities for Malouda, first with a brilliant curved pass and then with a header. Malouda wastefully drilled his first strike over the crossbar while Jaaskelainen made an excellent low save from his second effort. </font></p> <font size="2">Bolton's enthusiasm, though, was clear to see and they continued to push forward whenever possible. </font></p> <font size="2"> Terry, wearing his mask, struggled to contain Davies while Cech saved from Ivan Campo and, after a superb Bolton break, denied Nicolas Anelka. </font></p> <font size="2">The home team were made to pay for the moment of hesitation between Meite and Jaaskelainen as they attempted to clear a header into the box. </font></p> <font size="2">Kalou seized his chance to steal between the two, resisting an attempt from Meite to wrestle him off the ball before putting Chelsea ahead. </font></p> <font size="2">Bolton might have immediately restored parity - and gone into the break on level terms, but Steve Sidwell escaped what appeared to be a handball inside his own area. </font></p> <font size="2">Diouf was the next to threaten, climbing to meet a Davies cross but denied by Cech. </font></p> <font size="2">Claudio Pizarro replaced the injured Kalou at the break and failed to hit the target with two ambitious strikes, while Joe Cole also missed from distance. </font></p> <font size="2">Bolton continued to enjoy their fair share of the play but lacked the penetration they found in the first half. </font></p> <font size="2">They had a decent chance when Sidwell was penalised for handball 19 yards from goal but Anelka's strike cleared the crossbar by some distance. </font></p> <font size="2">Substitute Giannakopoulos shaved the crossbar with a header in injury time. </font></p> </p> <hr /> </p> <font size="2"> [*] Bolton boss Sammy Lee: "I was pleased. I don't want people to misread that but the application of the players was superb. </font></p> <font size="2">"I'm pleased with the fact we created a number of chances against Chelsea and played some good football. </font></p> <font size="2">"It was a very solid team performance. We really pushed Chelsea right to the end. The team spirit was superb." </font></p> </p> <font size="2"> [*] Chelsea boss Avram Grant: "We deserved to win. We created more chances. </font></p> <font size="2">"It is not easy against Bolton but three points is what mattered. It was very good for the team after we did not start the season so well. </font></p> <font size="2">"We missed many, many players through either injuries or red cards but we dominated the game." </font></p> <font size="2"> </font></p>
<font face="Arial" size="2">well it was bolton what do you expect sammy lee is rubbish. Avram Grant is a failure and a bad descion i can't wait to see Chelsea fall</font></p>
Well shows it too, I mean 1-0 win vs Bolton?</p> I still believe Roman will bring a top coach in the coming weeks.</p>
