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Owen Coyle on professional performance and fans - Bolton 2-0 Macclesfield | FA Cup 3rd Round

2014-06-02 32 Dailymotion

Kevin Davies netted his first goal since November as Bolton moved into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a narrow win over luckless Macclesfield.<br /><br />Davies took less than a minute to open the scoring from Ivan Klasnic's cross before Martin Petrov collected Tuncay's pass to fire in from 20 yards.<br /><br />Macclesfield were by far the better side after the break but could not find a way past goalkeeper Adam Bogdan.<br /><br />Owen Coyle's men hung on and will now host Swansea City in the next round.<br /><br />The second-half display from the Premier League side was poor and will concern Coyle, who must now prepare his men for the visit of Liverpool this weekend.<br /><br />League Two Macclesfield caused Wanderers no end of problems in the 2-2 draw at Moss Rose 10 days ago, but made a disastrous start as Davies scored after just 36 seconds.<br /><br />Right-back Jonathan Bateson was the guilty party as he fell over attempting to make a routine clearance, and Klasnic was ruthless as he powered into the area before picking out Davies to slide in at the near post.<br /><br />Macclesfield made no impact at all in the remainder of the first period and Petrov looked to have settled the tie before the half-hour mark when he ran onto an excellent Tuncay pass to crack a shot past goalkeeper Jose Veiga from the edge of the penalty area.<br /><br />Petrov and Tuncay - making a rare start since his summer move from Wolfsburg - had both scored in Bolton's Carling Cup defeat of the Silkmen back in August and were the stand-out performers in the first 45 minutes.<br /><br />But Macclesfield were a different outfit after the break, aided by the introduction of Wade Fairhurst as a second striker to partner Colin Daniel.<br /><br />Midfielder Matt Hamshaw shot just over when Bolton failed to deal with a long throw, before Fairhurst squandered a chance to convert a cross from Carl Tremarco.<br /><br />Tremarco then drew a fine save from Bogdan at his near post before 17-year-old full-back Elliott Hewitt came within inches of finding the net when his dipping volley deflected off Kev

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