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Knight admits heat is on

Image: Zat Knight: Hoping to bounce straight back up with Bolton

Bolton's Zat Knight knows he and his team-mates must deal with the pressures of expectation as they bid to return to the Premier League.

Defender chasing immediate return to top flight with Bolton

Bolton defender Zat Knight knows he and his team-mates must deal with the pressures of expectation as they bid to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking. Wanderers' bounced back from opening-day defeat at Burnley to get their campaign up and running with a 2-0 home win over Derby on Tuesday night. But it was not all plain sailing as a disjointed first-half display was greeted by boos from the Trotters faithful at the break. "I think as players you have to play with pressure," said twice-capped England centre-back Knight. "As a club we'd been in the Premier League for 11 years. "I'd never been relegated myself so it was kind of hard to take. I've always played in the Premier League, that's what I want to get back to and that's what everyone else wants to get back to. "Some of the boys came here to play in the Premier League so hopefully we can do it at the first time of asking."