Megson: early goal vital for Bolton chances

GARY MEGSON doubts that Bolton’s 1-0 lead over Atletico Madrid will be enough to see his side through to the next round of the UEFA Cup and has targeted an early Trotters goal in the away leg tonight.

El-Hadji Diouf’s strike in Lancashire has given Bolton a fighting chance of making it through to the last 16 but Megson says they could do with an early breakthrough in Spain.

“I don’t think a one-goal lead is going to be enough to hang on to for a whole 90 minutes,” he said. “It would be beneficial to us if we could score early on and put an enormous amount of pressure on them — that would be ideal.