Tevez brace helps city earn a draw against Bolton

Carlos Tevez scored twice to salvage another draw for Manchester City in a thrilling 3-3 draw against Bolton.

Ivan Klasnic opened the scoring despite appearing to be offside before Tevez levelled with a deflected strike.

Gary Cahill’s curler put Bolton ahead before Micah Richards equalised – but Klasnic’s swivelling shot made it 3-2.

Craig Bellamy was controversially sent off after being booked for diving, but Tevez’s long-range effort claimed a late draw in a memorable game.

The result means City have now drawn their last four away matches and ensures questions remain as to whether Mark Hughes’ side can produce the consistent form necessary to challenge for a top-four finish.

Bolton, meanwhile, will feel frustrated that they failed to take all three points after an often-dominant display in which they took the lead on three occasions.

Bolton manager Gary Megson:
“We’re delighted given how both football clubs are run. It’s a decent result because of that but on the other side of the coin we took the lead three times.

“But in terms of what’s been going on for us it’s a great point. They’ve got quality all over the pitch and on the bench. Our lads played well and gave it everything.

“Kevin Davies was right back to his best and I don’t think we would have got that result without him. Zat Knight was excellent and so was Paul Robinson.”

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes:
“The first goal was clearly offside and how the hell the official couldn’t see that was beyond me.

“I thought the officials were in general very poor. The decision to send Craig Bellamy off was quite honestly laughable.

“My assistant has been in to ask and he thought Craig had tried to deceive him. I’ve known Craig for 15 years and I’ve never seen him dive.

“If Mr Clattenburg feels he knows my players better than me then I would disagree.”

Final score:

Bolton 3-3 Man City

Bolton
* Klasnic 11
* Cahill 43
* Klasnic 53

Man City
* Tevez 28
* Richards 45+2
* Tevez 77

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Posted by Bilal Sulehri on Dec 13 2009. Filed under Football. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry