Season › 2011-12 › News Everton 1 - 2 Bolton Wanderers Lyndon Lloyd , 4 January, 249comments | Jump to most recent Howard scores via Wind assist! The Premier League's basement boys, Bolton Wanderers, come to Goodison Park on Wednesday night for a game that saw the much-anticipated return in the No 9 jersey of Landon Donovan. Seamus Coleman and Royston Drenthe, two absentees from Sunday, missed out again. Some nice touches from the returning American included a nice low cross in the 13th minute that picked out Stracqualursi but his first-time clip was off-target. Then a great ball from Baines fell beautifully for Saha who got his feet all of a tangle... no penalty! Donovan did a nice diagonal run and pass to Osman whose shot from distance tested the Bolton goalkeeper. Jagielka was hurt in a challenge with Ngog, forcing an early substitution with Rodwell coming on and Heitinga dropping back. Before the break, Donovan seemed to have a clear run into the area for a shot on goal but he went down far too easily when he felt the breath of Ricketts on his neck; Phil Dowd was unimpressed. Some horrendous defending from Everton almost gifted the lead to Bolton after the break, Howard jabbing out a leg to deny Petrov who had the Blues defences at two and threes (sixes and sevens would be over-generous). Osman went off with an injury, to be replaced by Magaye Gueye... Then Rodwell was pulled, to be replaced by Cahill, Rodwell also heading straight down the tunnel for treatment... so three enforced substitutions before the hour mark. But the game turned on a moment of bizarre wind-assisted circumstances, Howard's clearance bouncing once before flying over Bogdan and into the Bolton net!!! Who says hoofball is bad?!?! Just as Goodison Park revelled in their luck, and screamed for Hibbert to do likewise, Ngog dodged around Heitinga and fired cleanly past Howard to equalize. With more dismal defending, Howard forced to punch, Gary Cahill sprang onto the ball, spun and fired past the hapless Howard, who should perhaps have been a little more excited about getting his name on the scoreboard. Gueye won a good free-kick as Cahill hauled him down on the Dee, perfect for Baines too lash brilliantly over the wall and off the face of the bar! The scramble that ensued had Bolton rocking until they were saved by the final whistle and a chorus of boos for the hapless Blue Boys... Shocking result. Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Jagielka (26' Rodwell (60' Cahill)), Distin, Baines, Donovan, Neville, Heitinga, Osman (55' Gueye), Saha, Stracqualursi.Subs: Mucha, Bilyaletdinov, McFadden, Cahill, Anichebe. Quotes or other material sourced from ToffeeWeb Match Report Page Full Match Report Reader Comments (249) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. About these ads