Bolton Wanderers against Arsenal

Arsenal have a corner but Jasskelainen does well to punch it away.

Arsenal have just hit the bar but due to my furious scribbling I missed who unleashed that venemously sounding shot - ah it was Adebayor.

Fabregas whips a ball in to the Bolton penalty area but again the big men of Bolton's defence deal with it effectively.

Clichy's cross in is cleared far too easily by Bolton. Where are the Arsenal players?

Ricardo Vaz Te comes on for Diouf.

Clichy produces a very disappointing cross which limps out of play. Arsenal are going much the same way and it will take a minor miracle for them to retrieve anything from this game.

Clichy's ball across is over-hit but Arsenal still have a throw. They waste the opportunity though and Bolton have it back.

The Bolton crowd are in full voice now and their team are not sitting back. Now though, Arsenal get the ball but Walcott loses out near the Bolton goal.

Diouf come down the left but can't see Campo who is better placed. He shoots, but the angle is hard and he has the attentions of two Arsenal defenders to ensure tha ball goes over the bar.

GOAL - Hleb's first touch is terrible and he loses the ball. However, it is in the Bolton half so the danger seems minimal. Then Campo hits a fantastic pass up to a looking-suspiciously offside Nicolas Anelka who scores another great goal, beating Lehmann from a difficult angle. What can Arsenal do now?

Arsenal have a throw near the Bolton goal but they can't find a way through. They are running out of time here.

Ljungberg comes off for Alexander Hleb.

Bolton again come close and then Campo's ball strikes an Arsenal defender and the move ends. Now Arsenal attack and Gilberto feeds Walcott. His ball finds Eboue and he hits a long one towards Ljungberg at the back post who is penalised for a foul.

Bolton get a free-kick deep in Arsenal territory which will give them some breathing space. It nearly brings them more than that. When Giannakopolous ball comes in it is saved by Lehmann who sees the ball late before Arsenal scramble it away.

Lovely mazy skill from Adebayor who fashions an opportunity for himself in the Bolton area before hitting a shot straight at Jasskelainen.

Two great tackles by Nolan, the first one a fine challenge on Walcott. There is a lot of fight in this Bolton team as Arsenal turn the screws in the hunt for another goal. They really need two though.

Gilberto skips around Gary Speed's zimmer frame before Fabregas launches a clever ball towards the advancing Ljungberg who just fails to connect with the pass. Jasskelainen takes it instead.

Nolan has to be alert to head the ball away in his own area.

Oohh! Ivan Campo bursts forward and comes inside Clichy who appears to bring him down in the penalty area. The referee is not interested though. In giving a penalty that is.

Toure then heads the ball to safety when the free-kick comes in.

Davies does well to hold off two Arsenal men and get the ball up towards Giannakopoulus. Toure is now booked for fouling the Greek.

Gary Speed reads the ball well to make an important clearance in his area.

Some meaty challenges are sandwiched between some wonderful slices of skill at the minute. If this game was a sarnie I would eat it all up and give you none of it.

Now Senderos is booked for a foul on Diouf. That's number six.

Time for a change. Flamini is off and Julio Baptista comes on to replace him.

A fine run from Gilberto is ended by the trailing leg of Ivan Campo who receives a yellow card.

Real end-to-end stuff now as Walcott hits a shot which goes behind for a corner. Giannakopoulus lashes the ball away from his goal.

Wonderful cross-field pass from Speed to Campo but the ball in to the box goes straight to Lehmann.

Toure gives the ball away needlessly but Arsenal soon have it back. Bolton look a little lost at the moment.

Arsenal come again, and again Walcott is at the heart of it, starting the move before Ljungberg cuts it back to Adebayor who hits the chance just over. They are getting closer.

Now Bolton test Arsenal but Fabregas does well to get the ball back . Walcott then does fantastically well to get a cross in over towards Ljungberg who hits the bar with a diving header. So close.

Walcott does well to get away from Ben Haim but his pass to Adebayor does not live up to the billing. Arsenal now have a throw but when it comes in to the area Campo clears it.

Gilberto plays it in but Nolan hooks it away.

Toure cuts out Speed's ball then Gilberto feeds Clichy. When the ball is played up to Fabregas he hits a wicked shot from the edge of the area which produces a fine save and a corner for the Gunners.

Campo advances down the right but then Speed's ball over the top is wasteful and Arsenal have it back.

Ljungberg is being treated off the pitch so we can begin once more.

Arsenal on the attack straight away but Ljungberg is very easily dispossesed and now lies in a crumpled heap after Kevin Davies challenged him.

Bolton have been forced to take Nicky Hunt off and bring on Stelios Giannakopoulos. And Bolton it is who gets us underway.

HALF-TIME - a wonderful first forty-five minutes saw Anelka open his Bolton account against his old side with a fantastic long-range effort. This looked to have sunk the Gunners but Gilberto has headed them back in to contention. Should be a cracking second half.

Arsenal nearly grab an unlikley equaliser right at the end as Ljungberg snatches at a ball ten yards from goal when he had more time. It goes straight in to the arms of Jasskelainen. And that's it..

GOAL - at the other end Gilberto heads home from a corner to give Arsenal a lifeline. Bolton will be kicking themselves for allowing them back in to the game. Game on.

GOAL - A long ball over to Anelka and when he receives it the crowd get excited. They urge him on and he hits a truly stunning shot with the outside of his boot which swerves in the air to fool Lehmann on its way to his top left hand corner. Great goal.

Senderos surges forward but his pass is poor and Bolton have it back.

Another wayward kick from Jasskelainen. What has become of him? Perhaps he is incredibly excited about his half-time cup of tea.

A poor clearance from Jasskelainen appeared to be handled by Walcott but the referee didn't see it.

Campo enters the fray and Nicky Hunt is back on so Bolton are all present and correct once more.

Ivan Campo is coming on to replace him but Nicky Hunt has limped off briefly too.

Quinton Fortune has pulled up sharply and his game looks to be over as he limps off.

Nolan slips in to win the ball in the middle of the park and then Diouf turns Gilberto. Some good inter-play between Diouf and Anelka and Diouf then hits a dangerous cross in to the box which Lehmann claims.

Bolton try to launch a quick counter-attack but the ball over the top to Anelka is far too hard.

Fortune is booked for the foul on Walcott.

Walcott has been felled by Fortune and is down on the side of the pitch. You big bully Quinton.

Hunt gets back to concede a corner but Jasskelainen deals capably with a difficult ball when it comes in and punches it away.

This time Fabregas heads it clear but Bolton will not be moved. Diouf, after seeing one cross cleared, attempts a shot but it is straight at Lehman.

Bolton make nothing of this but Arsenal give them another corner.

Arsenal clear but then concede a corner on the other side.

Great skill from Diouf out on the left as he beats Eboue and wins another corner.

Gilberto cleverly gets the ball back from Diouf and then the ball is played up towards Adebayor but it is over-hit.

Meite rises above a barely-challenging Adebayor to head the ball away. The Arsenal striker is looking a little out-of-sorts this evening.

This time the ball breaks to Nicky Hunt who hits his ball into the ground. The ref blows for an Arsenal free-kick but this is not enough for Jens Lehmann who's protestations are rewarded with a thoroughly preditable yellow card. Nice one Jens!

Diouf wins a corner and will take it himself.

Clichy gets forward again but his ball in to the box is behind everyone. Then Fabregas tries to reach a dinked ball but he is too far behind it and it goes out for a goal-kick.

Ben Haim hits a terrible shot well wide of the goal.

Davies centres the ball but Gary Speed tries to let fly on the edge of the area, totally missing the ball. Bolton have a throw though and are exerting some pressure now.

Anelka does well to find Speed and then Hunt's ball in causes some concern in the Arsenal defence. Now Ljungberg is booked for moaning to the ref.

He's up. Hooray! We can start again.

Adebayor seems to have hit the Bolton grass with a massive thump judging by the time he is spending laying on it. Or is he just lying to us all?

Kevin Davies is booked for raising his hands to Eboue, who is doing a passable imitation of a child with his reaction to the incident. Davies is lucky though that the colour of the card was not different.

Again Jasskelainen comes off his line and seems to distract Adebayor who is twelve yards from goal. The Arsenal man fluffs his lines and Bolton clear the danger once more.

Clichy gets a fine ball in towards Adebayor and Arsenal win a corner. This time it is hit low and Speed has to be alert to clear if off the line.

Good tackle by Davies on Senderos. Fortune then forces an error from Walcott and wins a goal-kick for the home side.

Jasskelainen again shows great awareness to come to the edge of the penalty area to deal with the threat of Adebayor and clear the ball.

A wild clearance from Fortune gives Arsenal a throw. Walcott comes inside and then Gilberto hits a nice pass up to Adebayor. He chests it in to the path of Walcott who scuffs his shot well wide.

Fabregas is brought down clumsily by Gary Speed on the edge of the Bolton box. Free-kick to Arsenal but in the absence of Henry and Van Persie Fabregas takes it. He elects to cross the ball but Bolton are able to get it away.

A wonderful tackle from Eboue on Diouf. He kept his eye on the ball and pounced at just the right moment.

Jasskelainen has to look lively as a great cross comes over from Eboue. The big keeper claims the ball well.

Poor pass from Eboue but he gets it back and Arsenal now break. Some fine play from Walcott but the return pass from Gilberto is over-hit and the ball goes behind for a goal-kick.

GOAL - From Diouf's corner to the near post Faye leaps to reach the ball before any of the Arsenal players can get to it and bullet home an unstoppable header from three yards. One nil Bolton.

Nolan is up for the ball but it comes off an Arsenal head for another corner.

Bolton clear the ball when it is whipped in and now they attack. Diouf's ball in is well dealt with by Senderos who has to concede a corner.

Fortune reads the flight of the ball well to make a good interception but then Eboue shrugs off Nicky Hunt to get a great ball in to the box which nearly brings an own goal. Arsenal have to settle for a corner.

Arsenal are putting some pressure on Bolton and are knocking it around comfortably. Nolan then concedes a foul in the centre of the pitch.

Great tackle by Nicky Hunt on Freddie Ljungberg.

From the corner, Diouf does well on the by-line before his cross is blocked. Arsenal come up the park but Adebayor loses the ball.

Anelka cuts inside and then Bolton work it wide before winning a corner.

Diouf goes on a run to a predictable chorus of boos but Arsenal dispossess him and go on the counter. Some good work from Walcott who crosses for Adebayor who misses a great chance from five yards. A terrible miss.

Bolton have gone four games without a win before today and will be looking to make their home advantage count. They are on the attack now but the move peters out.

Ex-Arsenal man Nicolas Anelka lines up against his old side who are in their away kit of yellow. Arsenal get us underway.

The teams come on to the pitch. Arsenal don't enjoy coming here and you can be assured they will receive no favours from Sam Allardyce's men. Walcott will be starting out on the right for Arsenal with Adebayor the lone man up front for the Gunners.

Ivan Campo starts on the bench for Bolton and they will be hoping that the remarks by mild-mannered loveable rogue El Hadji-Diouf regarding Arsenal being scared prove correct this evening.

Theo Walcott makes only his second Premiership start for Arsenal at the Reebok. Thierry Henry is ruled out with a neck injury so Emmanuel Adebayor partners the young Englishman up front.

Lovely mazy skill from Adebayor who fashions an opportunity for himself in the Bolton area before hitting a shot straight at Jasskelainen.

Two great tackles by Nolan, the first one a fine challenge on Walcott. There is a lot of fight in this Bolton team as Arsenal turn the screws in the hunt for another goal. They really need two though.

Gilberto skips around Gary Speed's zimmer frame before Fabregas launches a clever ball towards the advancing Ljungberg who just fails to connect with the pass. Jasskelainen takes it instead.

Nolan has to be alert to head the ball away in his own area.

Oohh! Ivan Campo bursts forward and comes inside Clichy who appears to bring him down in the penalty area. The referee is not interested though. In giving a penalty that is.

Toure then heads the ball to safety when the free-kick comes in.

Davies does well to hold off two Arsenal men and get the ball up towards Giannakopoulus. Toure is now booked for fouling the Greek.

Gary Speed reads the ball well to make an important clearance in his area.

Some meaty challenges are sandwiched between some wonderful slices of skill at the minute. If this game was a sarnie I would eat it all up and give you none of it.

Now Senderos is booked for a foul on Diouf. That's number six.

Time for a change. Flamini is off and Julio Baptista comes on to replace him.

A fine run from Gilberto is ended by the trailing leg of Ivan Campo who receives a yellow card.

Real end-to-end stuff now as Walcott hits a shot which goes behind for a corner. Giannakopoulus lashes the ball away from his goal.

Wonderful cross-field pass from Speed to Campo but the ball in to the box goes straight to Lehmann.

Toure gives the ball away needlessly but Arsenal soon have it back. Bolton look a little lost at the moment.

Arsenal come again, and again Walcott is at the heart of it, starting the move before Ljungberg cuts it back to Adebayor who hits the chance just over. They are getting closer.

Now Bolton test Arsenal but Fabregas does well to get the ball back . Walcott then does fantastically well to get a cross in over towards Ljungberg who hits the bar with a diving header. So close.

Walcott does well to get away from Ben Haim but his pass to Adebayor does not live up to the billing. Arsenal now have a throw but when it comes in to the area Campo clears it.

Gilberto plays it in but Nolan hooks it away.

Toure cuts out Speed's ball then Gilberto feeds Clichy. When the ball is played up to Fabregas he hits a wicked shot from the edge of the area which produces a fine save and a corner for the Gunners.

Campo advances down the right but then Speed's ball over the top is wasteful and Arsenal have it back.

Ljungberg is being treated off the pitch so we can begin once more.

Arsenal on the attack straight away but Ljungberg is very easily dispossesed and now lies in a crumpled heap after Kevin Davies challenged him.

Bolton have been forced to take Nicky Hunt off and bring on Stelios Giannakopoulos. And Bolton it is who gets us underway.

HALF-TIME - a wonderful first forty-five minutes saw Anelka open his Bolton account against his old side with a fantastic long-range effort. This looked to have sunk the Gunners but Gilberto has headed them back in to contention. Should be a cracking second half.

Arsenal nearly grab an unlikley equaliser right at the end as Ljungberg snatches at a ball ten yards from goal when he had more time. It goes straight in to the arms of Jasskelainen. And that's it..

GOAL - at the other end Gilberto heads home from a corner to give Arsenal a lifeline. Bolton will be kicking themselves for allowing them back in to the game. Game on.

GOAL - A long ball over to Anelka and when he receives it the crowd get excited. They urge him on and he hits a truly stunning shot with the outside of his boot which swerves in the air to fool Lehmann on its way to his top left hand corner. Great goal.

Senderos surges forward but his pass is poor and Bolton have it back.

Another wayward kick from Jasskelainen. What has become of him? Perhaps he is incredibly excited about his half-time cup of tea.

A poor clearance from Jasskelainen appeared to be handled by Walcott but the referee didn't see it.

Campo enters the fray and Nicky Hunt is back on so Bolton are all present and correct once more.

Ivan Campo is coming on to replace him but Nicky Hunt has limped off briefly too.

Quinton Fortune has pulled up sharply and his game looks to be over as he limps off.

Nolan slips in to win the ball in the middle of the park and then Diouf turns Gilberto. Some good inter-play between Diouf and Anelka and Diouf then hits a dangerous cross in to the box which Lehmann claims.

Bolton try to launch a quick counter-attack but the ball over the top to Anelka is far too hard.

Fortune is booked for the foul on Walcott.

Walcott has been felled by Fortune and is down on the side of the pitch. You big bully Quinton.

Hunt gets back to concede a corner but Jasskelainen deals capably with a difficult ball when it comes in and punches it away.

This time Fabregas heads it clear but Bolton will not be moved. Diouf, after seeing one cross cleared, attempts a shot but it is straight at Lehman.

Bolton make nothing of this but Arsenal give them another corner.

Arsenal clear but then concede a corner on the other side.

Great skill from Diouf out on the left as he beats Eboue and wins another corner.

Gilberto cleverly gets the ball back from Diouf and then the ball is played up towards Adebayor but it is over-hit.

Meite rises above a barely-challenging Adebayor to head the ball away. The Arsenal striker is looking a little out-of-sorts this evening.

This time the ball breaks to Nicky Hunt who hits his ball into the ground. The ref blows for an Arsenal free-kick but this is not enough for Jens Lehmann who's protestations are rewarded with a thoroughly preditable yellow card. Nice one Jens!

Diouf wins a corner and will take it himself.

Clichy gets forward again but his ball in to the box is behind everyone. Then Fabregas tries to reach a dinked ball but he is too far behind it and it goes out for a goal-kick.

Ben Haim hits a terrible shot well wide of the goal.

Davies centres the ball but Gary Speed tries to let fly on the edge of the area, totally missing the ball. Bolton have a throw though and are exerting some pressure now.

Anelka does well to find Speed and then Hunt's ball in causes some concern in the Arsenal defence. Now Ljungberg is booked for moaning to the ref.

He's up. Hooray! We can start again.

Adebayor seems to have hit the Bolton grass with a massive thump judging by the time he is spending laying on it. Or is he just lying to us all?

Kevin Davies is booked for raising his hands to Eboue, who is doing a passable imitation of a child with his reaction to the incident. Davies is lucky though that the colour of the card was not different.

Again Jasskelainen comes off his line and seems to distract Adebayor who is twelve yards from goal. The Arsenal man fluffs his lines and Bolton clear the danger once more.

Clichy gets a fine ball in towards Adebayor and Arsenal win a corner. This time it is hit low and Speed has to be alert to clear if off the line.

Good tackle by Davies on Senderos. Fortune then forces an error from Walcott and wins a goal-kick for the home side.

Jasskelainen again shows great awareness to come to the edge of the penalty area to deal with the threat of Adebayor and clear the ball.

A wild clearance from Fortune gives Arsenal a throw. Walcott comes inside and then Gilberto hits a nice pass up to Adebayor. He chests it in to the path of Walcott who scuffs his shot well wide.

Fabregas is brought down clumsily by Gary Speed on the edge of the Bolton box. Free-kick to Arsenal but in the absence of Henry and Van Persie Fabregas takes it. He elects to cross the ball but Bolton are able to get it away.

A wonderful tackle from Eboue on Diouf. He kept his eye on the ball and pounced at just the right moment.

Jasskelainen has to look lively as a great cross comes over from Eboue. The big keeper claims the ball well.

Poor pass from Eboue but he gets it back and Arsenal now break. Some fine play from Walcott but the return pass from Gilberto is over-hit and the ball goes behind for a goal-kick.

GOAL - From Diouf's corner to the near post Faye leaps to reach the ball before any of the Arsenal players can get to it and bullet home an unstoppable header from three yards. One nil Bolton.

Nolan is up for the ball but it comes off an Arsenal head for another corner.

Bolton clear the ball when it is whipped in and now they attack. Diouf's ball in is well dealt with by Senderos who has to concede a corner.

Fortune reads the flight of the ball well to make a good interception but then Eboue shrugs off Nicky Hunt to get a great ball in to the box which nearly brings an own goal. Arsenal have to settle for a corner.

Arsenal are putting some pressure on Bolton and are knocking it around comfortably. Nolan then concedes a foul in the centre of the pitch.

Great tackle by Nicky Hunt on Freddie Ljungberg.

From the corner, Diouf does well on the by-line before his cross is blocked. Arsenal come up the park but Adebayor loses the ball.

Anelka cuts inside and then Bolton work it wide before winning a corner.

Diouf goes on a run to a predictable chorus of boos but Arsenal dispossess him and go on the counter. Some good work from Walcott who crosses for Adebayor who misses a great chance from five yards. A terrible miss.

Bolton have gone four games without a win before today and will be looking to make their home advantage count. They are on the attack now but the move peters out.

Ex-Arsenal man Nicolas Anelka lines up against his old side who are in their away kit of yellow. Arsenal get us underway.

The teams come on to the pitch. Arsenal don't enjoy coming here and you can be assured they will receive no favours from Sam Allardyce's men. Walcott will be starting out on the right for Arsenal with Adebayor the lone man up front for the Gunners.

Ivan Campo starts on the bench for Bolton and they will be hoping that the remarks by mild-mannered loveable rogue El Hadji-Diouf regarding Arsenal being scared prove correct this evening.

Theo Walcott makes only his second Premiership start for Arsenal at the Reebok. Thierry Henry is ruled out with a neck injury so Emmanuel Adebayor partners the young Englishman up front.