Davies turns up heat on Arsenal

Kevin Davies admits Bolton are “in a fabulous position” as they prepare for a Champions League qualification showdown with Arsenal.

Fifth-placed Wanderers are just two points behind the Gunners, having played one game more, ahead of the meeting at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

A win for Bolton will lift them into the fourth Champions League berth, at least temporarily.

Bolton striker Davies insists he and his team-mates are revelling in their late race to sneak past the Gunners, and said: “All the pressure will be on Arsenal, because they are expected to get into the Champions League.

“But we proved in the FA Cup that we can go there and get a result and we’re really looking forward to Saturday.”

Manager Sam Allardyce has played down his team’s chances of returning from north London with a win and felt the Gunners’ home defeat to West Ham last weekend was a one-off.

But Davies believes Bolton can afford to feel they have nothing to lose.

He told the Bolton Evening News: “We are in a fabulous position with five games left. We could be stuck somewhere in mid-table with no chance, but we’ve hung in there and we’re in fifth spot, right behind the big four, and we’re going to give it a good go.

“We’ve said the same in past seasons when we’ve been in similar positions but this time we don’t just want to talk about it, we want to go and do it.”