UEFA Cup 2007–08: Bayern Munich vs. Bolton Wanderers

Thursday, November 8, 2007

November 8, 2007 19:00 (UTC+1)
	Bayern Munich	2–2	Bolton Wanderers	Fußball Arena München, Munich Attendance: 66,000 Referee: Jaroslav Jara
	Podolski 30' (1) Podolski 49' (2) Podolski 57' Toni 57' Ribéry 60' Kroos 60' Schweinsteiger 73' Altintop 73'	Match Report	8' (1) Gardner 28' Davies 45' Braaten 56' Alonso 56' Giannakopoulos 62' Cid 77' Braaten 77' Teymourian 78' O'Brien 82' (1) Davies

Bayern Munich and Bolton Wanderers drew 2-2 today.

Bolton Wanderers opened the scoring after only eight minutes when Ricardo Gardner scored on a deflected shot. After taking 15 minutes to settle in, Bayern Munich started to attack more frequently and it paid dividends after 30 minutes when Lukas Podolski equalized. Early in the 2^nd half Bayern Munich took the lead when Podolski got his 2^nd goal of the game. However, with 8 minutes left, Bolton equalized which earned Bolton's 2^nd point in the group stage while Bayern lead Group F with 4 points. If Bayern Munich wins their next UEFA Cup match, they are all but assured their place in the next round.

Post-match Quotes

Ottmar Hitzfeld: “The crowd’s basically been treated to a good and exciting game with plenty of chances from our team. We were unlucky to go a goal behind so early, that was exactly what Bolton wanted, because it let them sit back and defend. But we recovered well and piled on the pressure, thanks to the outstanding Ribery. After we went 2-1 up we seemed poised to get a third, we basically had the match totally under control – apparently so much under control that some of my players thought we could relax. Then we went and conceded a totally unnecessary equaliser after a throw-in. That goes down as two points dropped, but I’m still confident we can win the group.“

Oliver Kahn: “We became very careless in the last 20 minutes. We kept on attacking, but we forgot that teams in Europe are capable of scoring at any time. It was carelessness pure and simple, and a lack of total concentration. You can’t afford that in Europe, you have to concentrate right to the end.“

Christian Lell: “Overall, we lacked a cutting edge today. We had plenty of chances before and after the break, but we simply didn’t make the most of them. Then we went to sleep for a moment. But we’ve got to turn our attention to the future, we’re in action again the day after next. We need to come away with something from Stuttgart.“

Gary Megson (Bolton): “We were missing twelve players tonight, but we still showed Bayern very little respect. But I have to say they’ve got world-class players all over the field, and they’re a really strong side. We didn’t have as many chances as our opponents, but we had a couple of good ones, and our application at the end was terrific. I especially want to single out our captain Kevin Nolan, he kept on driving us forward.“

Sources

"Hitzfeld: Draw rates as two points dropped" — Bayern Munich, November 9, 2007
Chris Hamley. "Poldi brace not enough for careless Bayern" — Bayern Munich, November 8, 2007

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