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Owen Coyle: Bolton Wanderers were worthy winners at West Ham United
Scot all smiles after claiming first Premier League away win as manager...
6 Mar 2010 17:34:00
By Gill Clark
Bolton Wanderers manager Owen Coyle insisted his side fully deserved their win after beating West Ham United 2-1 at Upton Park.
First half goals from Kevin Davies and Jack Wilshere secured the victory for the visitors despite having Tamir Cohen sent off in the second half and a late West Ham goal by Alessandro Diamanti.
Speaking after the match to BBC Sport, the Scot paid tribute to his side’s display as they leapfrogged the Hammers in the table, despite a late fightback from Gianfranco Zola’s men.
“I felt it was a very accomplished performance. I have to say that,” he explained.
“Except when we went down to 10 men. We knew West Ham, good side that they are, would come at us as they did. Terrific finish [by Alessandro Diamanti] and it gave us a scary five minutes that we didn’t want.
“Having said that I think if you analyse the game you will see we were worthy winners.”
The win is Bolton’s second on the trot and Coyle admitted his side had always believed they could take all three points against the Hammers.
“We believed today we could win the match and I think we showed that. We scored two great goals,” he added.
“We came here to get the points and I thought we were worthy of them on the day.
“I’m disappointed we didn’t get a clean sheet because I think the lads worked very hard to do that but it was a quality finish.”
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First half goals from Kevin Davies and Jack Wilshere secured the victory for the visitors despite having Tamir Cohen sent off in the second half and a late West Ham goal by Alessandro Diamanti.
Speaking after the match to BBC Sport, the Scot paid tribute to his side’s display as they leapfrogged the Hammers in the table, despite a late fightback from Gianfranco Zola’s men.
“I felt it was a very accomplished performance. I have to say that,” he explained.
“Except when we went down to 10 men. We knew West Ham, good side that they are, would come at us as they did. Terrific finish [by Alessandro Diamanti] and it gave us a scary five minutes that we didn’t want.
“Having said that I think if you analyse the game you will see we were worthy winners.”
The win is Bolton’s second on the trot and Coyle admitted his side had always believed they could take all three points against the Hammers.
“We believed today we could win the match and I think we showed that. We scored two great goals,” he added.
“We came here to get the points and I thought we were worthy of them on the day.
“I’m disappointed we didn’t get a clean sheet because I think the lads worked very hard to do that but it was a quality finish.”
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