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18 April 2024

Bolton fight back to beat Villa

Bolton Wanderers' David Ngog (left) shoots to score his side's second goal during their English Premier League match against Aston Villa at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, on Tuesday. (REUTERS)

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By Reuters

Bolton Wanderers fought back from a goal down to beat Aston Villa 2-1 on Tuesday and boost their chances of Premier League survival. 

Hosts Villa took the lead through Stephen Warnock after 61 minutes but Bolton hit back immediately with a penalty by Martin Petrov and David N'Gog grabbed the winner a minute later.  

Bolton climbed above Blackburn Rovers into 18th place in the 20-team standings, a point behind Wigan Athletic and Queens Park Rangers with a game in hand. 

Villa remained in serious danger of going down on 36 points, just two ahead of Wigan and QPR with three matches left.  

Bolton manager Owen Coyle praised his side's character in hitting back from a goal down. 

"Coming into the game we had been in good form and the win tonight gives us 13 points from 21 that have been available," he told the club's website (www.bwfc.co.uk

"All credit to the players because, to a man, they stood up and were counted tonight. Our character and belief on and off the pitch is going to be so important for us, home and away in our last four games." 

Bolton travel to face Sunderland on Saturday while Villa, who have taken just three points from their last seven games, make the short journey to West Brom. 

English Premier League result and standings

Aston Villa 1 Bolton Wanderers 2  

Standings               P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts  

1   Manchester United       35 26 5  4  86 32 83   
2   Manchester City         35 25 5  5  87 27 80   
3   Arsenal                 35 20 5  10 67 43 65   
4   Newcastle United        34 18 8  8  53 42 62   
5   Tottenham Hotspur       34 17 8  9  57 39 59   
6   Chelsea                 34 16 10 8  56 38 58   
7   Everton                 34 13 9  12 42 38 48   
8   Liverpool               34 12 10 12 40 37 46   
9   Fulham                  34 12 10 12 45 44 46   
10  West Bromwich Albion    35 13 6  16 41 47 45   
11  Sunderland              35 11 11 13 42 41 44   
12  Swansea City            35 11 10 14 39 45 43   
13  Norwich City            35 11 10 14 47 60 43   
14  Stoke City              34 11 9  14 32 48 42   
15  Aston Villa             35 7  15 13 36 50 36   
16  Queens Park Rangers     35 9  7  19 39 57 34   
17  Wigan Athletic          35 8  10 17 34 60 34   
18  Bolton Wanderers        34 10 3  21 39 67 33   
19  Blackburn Rovers        35 8  7  20 47 73 31   
R20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35 5  8  22 34 75 23   
R - Relegated                                              
1-3:   Champions League / EC I             
4:     Champions League preliminary round  
5:     Europa League                       
18-20: Relegation                         

Next Fixtures (GMT):                                    

Saturday

Everton              v Fulham                  (1400)   
Stoke City           v Arsenal                 (1400)   
Sunderland           v Bolton Wanderers        (1400)   
Swansea City         v Wolverhampton Wanderers (1400)   
West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa             (1400)   
Wigan Athletic       v Newcastle United        (1400)   
Norwich City         v Liverpool               (1630)   

Sunday

Chelsea              v Queens Park Rangers     (1230)   
Tottenham Hotspur    v Blackburn Rovers        (1500)   

Monday

Manchester City      v Manchester United       (1900)   
 
English Premier League top scorers

27 Robin van Persie (Arsenal)                

26 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)          

22 Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)           

16 Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Blackburn Rovers)       
   Clint Dempsey (Fulham)                    
   Demba Ba (Newcastle United)               

13 Mario Balotelli (Manchester City)         
   Edin Dzeko (Manchester City)              
   Grant Holt (Norwich City)                 
   Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur)     

11 Frank Lampard (Chelsea)                   
   Papiss Cisse (Newcastle United)           

10 Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea)                
   Javier Hernandez (Manchester United)      
   Danny Graham (Swansea City)               
   Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur)         
   Peter Odemwingie (West Bromwich Albion)   
   Steven Fletcher (Wolverhampton Wanderers) 
9  Darren Bent (Aston Villa)                 
   Danny Welbeck (Manchester United)         
   Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)           
   Rafael van der Vaart (Tottenham Hotspur)  
   Peter Crouch (Stoke City)