BOLTON LEAVE IT LATE TO SEE OFF EVERTON

IVAN KLASNIC was the hero with a late winner as Bolton surrendered a two-goal lead against Everton but still won 3-2.

David Moyes's Toffees displayed great character to bounce back after their Europa League slaughter in midweek but it was the home fans who ultimately were celebrating at the end.

Bolton have been in good form, although they were narrowly beaten at Old Trafford last week, and they started superbly with Tamir Cohen and Kevin Davies going close before the hosts took a deserved lead. Sam Ricketts got past Tony Hibbert to cross for Lee Chung-Yong to calmly beat Tim Howard.

Wanderers went further ahead when Matt Taylor's free-kick allowed England squad member Gary Cahill to climb highest and send the ball over Howard for 2-0.

Everton, hammered 5-0 at Benfica on Thursday, needed a quick response and they got it when Louis Saha confidently collected a Lucas Neill pass and advanced to smash home past Jussi Jaaskelainen in some style.

The lifeline gave the Merseysiders a huge boost and they came out fired up for the second half.

Marouane Fellaini hit the equaliser, profiting from Neill's ball into the box by beating Gary Cahill and lashing in from an acute angle to make it 2-2.

Gary Cahill and Jlloyd Samuel were booked for harsh tackles as Bolton were rocked by the Everton comeback but Fellaini joined them in the book soon afterwards as the referee was kept busy.

Dan Gosling almost broke through and Davies headed off target as both sides attempted to get the decisive goal.

With four minutes remaining, an entertaining game was graced with a winner. Klasnic proved to be the Reebok hero, as the substitute struck with only three minutes left.

Davies headed down a Jaaskelainen kick forward and the Croatian converted the chance to claim his first goal in the Premier League.

It was some timing as it gave Megson's side their first home league win of the campaign while Everton slip to 14th.

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