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Mon 11 Nov 2009Drogba and Anelka combine to leave Bolton's defence in complete disarray
REPUTATIONS MUST be reassessed sometimes. At the Reebok Stadium Carlo Ancelotti’s team were ruthless only in their commitment to fast, flowing, attacking football on Saturday, with Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka the principal architects who made a mockery of their supposed incompatibility.
It was Bolton’s misfortune to be in the path of a force determined to show their last visit to the north-west, a 3-1 defeat at Wigan in September, was simply an aberration.
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