It was John Carew’s day as he scored a goal and assisted Ashley Young, Gabriel Agbonlahor and James Milner for three more goals. Aston Villa was spot on from the word go. Ashley Young netted the first goal just five minutes from the kick off. It was then the turn of Gabriel Agbonlahor who cashed in the opportunity and ended up his shot in the far corner of the net at the 42nd minute. Few minutes later the referee gave a harsh free kick against Agbonlahor. Elmander found the rebound of the shot taken by Cahil and scored the solitary goal for Bolton Wanderers. At the end of the second half the score line read 2-1. Villa looked rejuvenated and was in control of the game. The second half had nothing for Bolton fans but even more disappointment, although Bolton Wanderers performed better than the first half. Carew went past through Knight and Cahil to score Villa’s third goal in the 53rd minute. Later in the 71st minute Milner had a spot kick aided by Carew who had been pulled back in the penalty area by Davies. Jaaskelainen had it saved only to find Agbonlahor who had hit the rebound to the post which was then seen through by Milner himself. Three minutes later Cuellar headed the next goal and the match ended with Aston Villa having a resounding home win with a margin 5-1. For not the Bolton goalie Jaaskelainen the score line would have been much worse. Martin O’Neill was delighted with his team’s win which was very much needed because they had got only two points of their last three matches.
