Trotters face tough task

BOLTON manager Gary Megson has made no apologies for heading out to Lisbon with a second-string side. With Premier League survival the number one priority, the Trotters squad that travelled for the second leg of the last-16 tie tonight (8pm) was shorn of a number of stars.

Captain Kevin Nolan and Jussi Jaaskelainen missed last week’s 1-1 first-leg draw at the Reebok Stadium with back injuries and were among those that did not travel.

They were joined by Kevin Davies, Matt Taylor, Andy O’Brien, Ivan Campo, El Hadji Diouf and Ricardo Gardner. Gavin McCann is suspended and Tamir Cohen, Grzegorz Raziak and Gretar Steinsson are ineligible.