Bolton Wanderers v Manchester United | Rob Smyth

• Email rob.smyth@guardian.co.uk with all your thoughts • Press F5 to refresh this page or use our auto-refresher • Click here for all today’s scores from around Britain and Europe 8 min Carrick has come on for Cleverley. That’s a bad blow for United, and sadly predictable given the way Kevin Davies usually plays against them. 7 min Rooney clears off the line from Eagles. In open play as well. A cross from the left wasn’t cleared; Bolton had a couple of attempts blocked and then a third, from Eagles, was booted away by Rooney, who had sensed danger and drifted back. Shades of Eric Cantona against Chelsea in 1996. Ah, in fact it was Ferdinand who cleared it, although Rooney was right alongside him. 6 min Cleverley has to go off because of that foul from Davies. Michael Carrick will replace him. GOAL! Bolton 0-1 Manchester United (Hernandez 5) A goal of devastating simplicity. Nani runs at Robinson down the right and really hammers a low, sidefooted cross towards the near post; Hernandez runs Cahill one way and then the other before nipping in front of Jaaskelainen to poke the ball in. That was a beautiful goal. 4 min It’s been all United so far, although everything has been in front of Bolton. Kevin Davies takes Tom Cleverley from behind, which has both managers on their feet complaining. 2 min “Rob, could you please explain what you mean by your remark ‘You don’t have to be a foreigner to get a culture shock in Bolton,” says Eric Hyland. I mean that the fibrous element of Bolton’s play is a shock to those who are unfamiliar with it – whether that person is David de Gea, Chris Smalling or Tom Cleverley. Is that okay? 1 min There’s a lively old atmosphere at Burnden Park. The camera hovers on David de Gea, inevitably. This will be an interesting 90 minutes for him, one way or another. United kick off from right to left. They are in red; Bolton are in white. Question of the day What’s going on with Gary Barlow’s hardass act ? From the man who wrote Back For Good, it’s more than a little unnerving. “Being born in a stable doesn’t make you a horse (as the Duke of Wellington noted when explaining why he – unlike Owen Coyle – chose to be British, not Irish)…” continues Duncan McDonnell. This could go on, and what fun that would be for our readers. “‘Owen Coyle, possibly the next great British manager’?” quotes Duncan McDonnell. “He played for Ireland Rob.” And what a lovely Irish accent this Paisley-born manager has. Team news Both sides make two changes from their last game. Bolton bring in Dedryck Boyata and Mark Davies for Gretar Steinsson and Fabrice Muamba. For United, Rio Ferdinand and Javier Hernandez replace Chris Smalling and Danny Welbeck. That means Phil Jones will move to right back. Bolton (4-4-2) Jaaskelainen; Boyata, Cahill, Knight, Robinson; Eagles, Mark Davies, Reo-Coker, Petrov; Klasnic, Kevin Davies. Subs: Bogdan, Muamba, Tuncay, Pratley, Ngog, Kakuta, Wheater. Man Utd (4-4-2) De Gea; Jones, Ferdinand, Evans, Evra; Nani, Cleverley, Anderson, Young; Rooney, Hernandez. Subs: Berbatov, Giggs, Smalling, Park, Carrick, Fabio, Lindegaard. Preamble Evening. If Stoke on a wet, windy night is seen as the acid test of a foreign footballer’s capacity to like it up him, then Bolton isn’t far behind – the Jamie MacDonald to Stoke’s Malcolm Tucker (or should that be the other way round?). Owen Coyle, possibly the next great British manager, has brought Bolton’s football into the 21st century, but he has also been smart enough to retain the fibrousness that has made Bolton such awkward opponents in the past decade. As such, this will be a cracking test for Manchester United’s infectious, intrepid young side. Not just David de Gea – who plays – but also the phalanx of young Englishmen who have been so impressive in the early weeks of the season. You don’t have to be a foreigner to get a culture shock in Bolton. Premier League 2011-12 Bolton Wanderers Manchester United Premier League Rob Smyth guardian.co.uk

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