Neil Lennon so relived as Bolton beat Wolves to end search for win
Tuesday 15 September 2015 18:03, UK
Boss Neil Lennon described his over-riding emotion as "relief" after Bolton ended an 11-game winless run with a 2-1 Championship success over Wolves at the Macron Stadium.
First-half goals from Liam Feeney and Zach Clough put Wanderers in command before ex-Trotters' loanee Benik Afobe's 67th-minute penalty made Lennon sweat on the final outcome.
"I am more relived than anything else," said the Bolton chief. "I've not had a run like that in my career either playing or managing.
"It's been a very frustrating time. But I thought the way we were playing, we could turn things around.
"I felt we deserved to win. Their penalty was soft and changed the psychology of the game for a while.
"But in the last 15 minutes we created some great chances to put the game beyond Wolves again, particularly on the counter-attack.
"However, overall it is very satisfying though we have played better and lost. Our first-half performance was very strong and some of our play was excellent.
"We have players who can carry the ball and eliminate opposition. Mark Davies has been outstanding in the last few games and in Wellington Silva we have a play who can break the lines and excite people."
Bolton's first home win since March 14 lifted the Lancastrians out of the bottom three.
Lennon added: "When I came in (last October) we had five points from 11 games. Now we have six from six so it is a modicum of progression."
Wolves boss Kenny Jackett said: "I felt after a rocky first 15 minutes, we played well and dominated the majority of the rest of the first half.
"Then we had a real go second half trying to get back into the match. We will play worse than that and win games. We had a lot of chances.
"We showed some good spirit and played some good football. But we have to iron out one or two areas and lose some naivety in some situations where we have given away too many easy goals and sides haven't earned them.
"But we're working on new partnerships all over the field and they have to bed in, keep improving and produce top form.
"There is a lot in quite a young group and some new players as well. They have just got to impose themselves on games like they for a large percentage of this game."
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