Ivan Klasnic, with five goals in his last nine matches, brought the first save out from Bunn following Tamir Cohen's cut-back.

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The home fans hit out at Megson after he took off goalscorer Ivan Klasnic, with Bolton leading fellow strugglers Hull 2-1 on Tuesday.

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With 10 minutes to go, Bolton were denied a chance to register a presence on the scoreline as Ivan Klasnic's shot struck a post and skipped wide.

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But Bolton never gave up hope and really should have equalised in the dying minutes when Elmander headed limply wide before Ivan Klasnic shot across the face of goal.

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Bolton stepped up the pace and Ivan Klasnic curled his shot just wide before testing Burch from an acute angle and hooking a shot wide after being set up by Taylor.

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If Bolton were to gain anything from the match they needed a quick response, but when substitute Ivan Klasnic fired over from inside the box the belief quickly drained from the visitors.

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Tottenham were frequently lackadaisical when Bolton were in possession, and both Matt Taylor and Ivan Klasnic should have punished early mistakes by Bale, whose impressive work on the overlap was on more than one occasion marred by a lack of defensive focus.

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However, Bolton goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen made several fine saves to prevent a rout, and Ivan Klasnic had the ball in United's net only for it to be ruled out before Matt Taylor reduced the deficit with 15 minutes left with a far-post header from a cross by Kevin Davies.

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