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February 4, 2012 3:00 PM GMT
Carrow Road — Norwich, Norfolk
Referee: L. Probert
Attendance: 26358
February 4, 2012 3:00 PM GMT
Carrow Road — Norwich, Norfolk
Referee: L. Probert
Attendance: 26358
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| Norwich City | 2.10 | 2.75 | 1.28 | 1.40 | 2.10 | 1.10 | 2.06 | 2.00 |
| Draw | 3.30 | 1.91 | 5.25 | 4.20 | 3.50 | 6.00 | 3.35 | 3.50 |
| Bolton | 3.55 | 4.33 | 10.00 | 9.00 | 3.40 | 50.00 | 3.95 | 3.50 |
Top of the Match
Andrew Surman
Norwich City
Norwich City
Adam Bogdan
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers
Flop of the Match
Mark Davies
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers
David Wheater
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers
Goal.com Rating 
Fans' Rating Norwich City 2-0 Bolton: Andrew Surman & Anthony Pilkington on scoresheet as hosts grab first home league win of 2012
Paul Lambert's team dominated the game and sealed a deserved three points that lift them back up into the top half, with the visitors returning to the relegation zone
By Oliver Platt at Carrow Road
Getty
Second half goals from Andrew Surman and Anthony Pilkington handed Norwich City a deserved three points against Bolton Wanderers at Carrow Road.
Norwich came quickly out of the blocks but could not break down the Bolton resistance in the first half, and were forced to survive injury to both of their starting centre-backs on their way to keeping their second clean sheet of the season.
Surman followed up his own saved shot to break the deadlock before Pilkington sealed the points in similar fashion in the closing stages.
For Bolton, the afternoon proved a frustrating one as despite their recent good form they rarely tested Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy and dropped back into the relegation zone.
Paul Lambert named an adventurous Norwich starting XI, bringing Pilkington and Simeon Jackson into the side in place of Bradley Johnson and Steve Morison. Adam Drury returned at left-back, with Russell Martin dropping to the bench.
Tyrone Mears made his first appearance of the season for Bolton since suffering a broken leg, with no other changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Arsenal. New signing Marvin Sordell was included among the substitutes.
Jackson was lively from the start for the Canaries, shooting across goal from the corner of the six-yard box and finding space behind the Bolton defence on more than one occasion. Grant Holt, too, was doing a fine job linking up the play and when he brought down Wes Hoolahan's cross from the right, Surman ran in on Adam Bodgan but crashed his shot against the crossbar from close range.
He will have been disappointed not to have scored but Surman was a driving force in midfield for the Canaries in the first half, not only tracking back to help left-back Drury deal with the tricky Chris Eagles but also causing plenty of problems with his late runs into the opposition penalty area.
Norwich controlled most of the first half but their chances were dealt a serious blow when both of their centre-backs, Daniel Ayala and Zak Whitbread, were forced off due to injury within 20 minutes of each other. Martin was the natural choice to replace Ayala but Kyle Naughton was forced to switch to centre-back when Whitbread limped off, with Elliott Bennett also out of position at right-back.
Lambert will have been keen to erase any doubts from his players' minds at the break and the early signs were good. Holt should have done much better with a cross from the left-hand side, heading across goal and missing the target. His header into the path of Jackson minutes later was better, but the Canadian shot wide from a tricky angle.
Hoolahan's energy was boundless and you felt that if Norwich were to find the breakthrough, it would come through either the Irishman or his midfield partner Surman, such was the effectiveness of their play together. After the former had fired just over the crossbar from distance, Surman got on the end of a Pilkington cross and slammed the ball into the roof of the net after his first effort had been blocked by David Wheater.
Bolton were forced to commit men forward in an effort to retrieve the game and although they enjoyed more possession, Norwich began to look very threatening on the break. One such counter-attack led to the corner with which they put the game to bed. Pilkington was on hand to convert from close range after Martin's shot had been well-saved by Bogdan.
That proved the killer blow for Bolton, as the Canaries continued to pour forward and could have added more goals on their way to a 2-0 victory that lifts them back up into the top half of the table.
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Norwich came quickly out of the blocks but could not break down the Bolton resistance in the first half, and were forced to survive injury to both of their starting centre-backs on their way to keeping their second clean sheet of the season.
Surman followed up his own saved shot to break the deadlock before Pilkington sealed the points in similar fashion in the closing stages.
For Bolton, the afternoon proved a frustrating one as despite their recent good form they rarely tested Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy and dropped back into the relegation zone.
Paul Lambert named an adventurous Norwich starting XI, bringing Pilkington and Simeon Jackson into the side in place of Bradley Johnson and Steve Morison. Adam Drury returned at left-back, with Russell Martin dropping to the bench.
Tyrone Mears made his first appearance of the season for Bolton since suffering a broken leg, with no other changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Arsenal. New signing Marvin Sordell was included among the substitutes.
Jackson was lively from the start for the Canaries, shooting across goal from the corner of the six-yard box and finding space behind the Bolton defence on more than one occasion. Grant Holt, too, was doing a fine job linking up the play and when he brought down Wes Hoolahan's cross from the right, Surman ran in on Adam Bodgan but crashed his shot against the crossbar from close range.
He will have been disappointed not to have scored but Surman was a driving force in midfield for the Canaries in the first half, not only tracking back to help left-back Drury deal with the tricky Chris Eagles but also causing plenty of problems with his late runs into the opposition penalty area.
Norwich controlled most of the first half but their chances were dealt a serious blow when both of their centre-backs, Daniel Ayala and Zak Whitbread, were forced off due to injury within 20 minutes of each other. Martin was the natural choice to replace Ayala but Kyle Naughton was forced to switch to centre-back when Whitbread limped off, with Elliott Bennett also out of position at right-back.
Flying high | Canaries win again as Bolton are despatched at Carrow Road
Lambert will have been keen to erase any doubts from his players' minds at the break and the early signs were good. Holt should have done much better with a cross from the left-hand side, heading across goal and missing the target. His header into the path of Jackson minutes later was better, but the Canadian shot wide from a tricky angle.
Hoolahan's energy was boundless and you felt that if Norwich were to find the breakthrough, it would come through either the Irishman or his midfield partner Surman, such was the effectiveness of their play together. After the former had fired just over the crossbar from distance, Surman got on the end of a Pilkington cross and slammed the ball into the roof of the net after his first effort had been blocked by David Wheater.
Bolton were forced to commit men forward in an effort to retrieve the game and although they enjoyed more possession, Norwich began to look very threatening on the break. One such counter-attack led to the corner with which they put the game to bed. Pilkington was on hand to convert from close range after Martin's shot had been well-saved by Bogdan.
That proved the killer blow for Bolton, as the Canaries continued to pour forward and could have added more goals on their way to a 2-0 victory that lifts them back up into the top half of the table.
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