Norwich pile misery on struggling Bolton

Norwich pushed struggling Bolton
back into the Premier League relegation zone as a pair of second half
goals clinched a 2-0 win at Carrow Road on Saturday.

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Paul
Lambert's team were frustrated until the 70th minute when Andrew Surman
broke the deadlock and Anthony Pilkington's late strike sealed the
points.

Bolton's defeat, combined with Wolves' win at QPR, left
Owen Coyle's side back into the bottom three, while Norwich remain
comfortably in mid-table as they look to consolidate after last season's
promotion.

Norwich made the early running and American defender
Zak Whitbread headed David Fox's cross wide before Grant Holt brough the
first stop from Bolton goalkeeper Adam Bogdan.

Simeon Jackson
then fired wide after Surman cut the ball back from an acute angle and
Bogdan prevented the Canadian from scoring again minutes later after he
took advantage of some poor marking to collect Holt's flick-on.

The
hosts' best move of the first half came in the 24th minute when Wes
Hoolahan played in Holt and he squared to Surman, but his shot struck
the crossbar and rebounded to safety.

Lambert was forced into
another defensive reshuffle before the break when Whitbread came off
injured and was replaced by winger Elliott Bennett.

Bolton started
to come into it more towards the end of the first half and went close
just before the break through a deflected Martin Petrov drive.

The
Canaries should have been ahead two minutes after the break when Adam
Drury found Holt unmarked at the back post but his dreadful header flew
10 yards wide.

Norwich finally made the breakthrough in the 70th
minute when midfielder Surman pounced on the rebound after his initial
shot was blocked and drilled a fine shot past Bogdan.

Petrov tested John Ruddy with a fierce half-volley 11 minutes from time as Bolton launched a desperate bid for an equaliser.

Holt
missed from close-range moments later, while striker Marvin Sordell,
signed from Watford on deadline day, came on for his Bolton debut in
place of David Ngog.

Norwich put the result beyond doubt in the
85th minute when Russell Martin's shot rebounded into the path of
Pilkington and he fired home from close-range.