Trotters pile on pain for Pompey

By Mark Setton

BOLTON W 3
Charles 15, Lee 48, Toal 71

PORTSMOUTH 0
Rating: ★★★★★ Ref: Geoff Eltringham 7/10
Ian Evatt praised “silent assassin” Kieran Lee after Bolton silenced the Pompey chimes for a second time in five days.
Buoyed by a 1-0 quarter-final victory in the Papa Johns Trophy, the Wanderers kept up their play-off push, boosted by Lee’s second half goal and man-of-thematch display.
“He is a delight to watch and the players love him,” said manager Evatt of the 34-year-old former Sheffield Wednesday star.
“He is quiet, a silent assassin. But he is a good, experienced player.”...

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