They battered Villa for most of the second half but were unable to apply the finishing touch to their pressure, and the visitors grabbed their first away win of the season with an 89th minute goal by substitute Thomas Hitzlesperger.
Bolton had taken the lead after 21 minutes when El-Hadj Diouf hit his second goal in three games from a right wing cross by Kevin Nolan.
The first half was fairly even and Villa equalised five minutes from the break when Gavin McCann climbed above Ricardo Gardner at the far post to head in a deep cross by Lee Hendrie from the left flank.
It was nearly all Bolton in the second half, but Henrik Pedersen had an effort well saved by Thomas Sorensen after he had raced clear in the 58th minute, and Diouf saw a header hit the post seven minutes from time.
It was a real set back for Bolton who confounded the critics accusing them of a long ball game by playing some good approach work in which stand in skipper, Gary Speed, was often involved. Tweet
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that's more like it from bolton,cos they have to b one of the worst sides ever to b in the top 4 of the prem.doof is the biggest cheat ever and 'big'(and that's all u can say about him) sam is overrated.and no,i'm not a newcastle or boro fan.bolton for the drop
by the way i forgot to say that I am a jealous City fan who cannot handle that a club on the up such as Bolton is on the verges of europe whilst my sorry little club City just think big season after season, div 1 rubbish, keegan lol.