Bolton Wanderers vs Aston Villa, 1st Leg
Who won: Bolton 5-2
Bolton Wanderers beat Aston Villa 5-2 in 1st Leg on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at Toughsheet Community Stadium. Goals for Bolton: Jay-Jay Okocha (2', 80'), Kevin Nolan (9'), Stelios Giannakopoulos (17') and Bruno N'Gotty (74'). Goals for Aston Villa: Juan Pablo Angel (20', 56').
Play by play
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Both of Villa's goals had more than a hint of luck about them, but they will welcome any small mercy on a night when they let in five. It should make for an excting second leg, as Villa will have to come out all guns blazing.
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That was a superb Cup encounter, capped off by two fine free-kicks from Okocha - the second being out of this world
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And there goes the final whistle
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Foul by Dublin - he's furious with the decision, claiming he won the ball. Referee Durkin shows the yellow card.
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Davies breaks through, but his touch lets hum down and the chance is gone
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Three minutes to be added
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Villa playing keep-ball
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Bolton look to keep the ball in the corner now, happy to preserve the three goal advantage for the second leg
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Hendrie gets an unnecessary booking for kicking the ball away
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Davies does brilliantly to win the loose ball from Delaney. He finds Okocha in the box, who lays it off for Davies. Davies dummys for the Campo shot, and it's well over
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There's some late Villa challenges going in now, clearly the players are crestfallen after working hard to get back into this
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Okocha wins the adulation of the Bolton faithful with a few tricks, and in the end Hendrie rockets the ball out of play in frustration
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Another change for Bolton. Ibrahim Ba is on for Youri Djorkaeff
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Two free-kicks from the Nigerian master before he departs for Tunisia and the African Nations Cup, how Bolton will miss him
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What an unbelievable strike by the Nigerian. He struck it with the outside of his right boot, it bent round the wall and flew into the top corner. Absolutely superb - world class. What a humdinger
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GOAL!!!!!
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Free-kick to Bolton a yard outside the box, Dublin was holding back Pedersen. It's on the left edge, Okocha steps up to take it...
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Djorkaeff wants a penalty for handball against Dublin, it was accidental
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Okocha tries one from 20 yards, straight at Sorensen
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Bolton taking their time over things now. Happy with the scoreline?
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Darious Vassell is replaced by Marcus Allback
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After working so hard to get back into the game, Villa face a two-goal deficit again - at least they have those precious away goals
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Hitzlsperger shoots from 20 yards, and again it's straight into the grasp of Jaaskelainen
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N'Gotty's header was perfectly placed into the top left-hand corner of the net. Hendrie was on the post, but was too short to keep it out. 4-2! It's a Villa thriller!
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GOAL!!!!!
