Last Updated: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:59
Bolton staged a late show to clinch an entertaining 3-1 Carling Cup win against plucky League Two outfit Walsall.
Sam Allardyce's men struggled to find the breakthrough in front of a noisy 6,243 at the Bescot Stadium in a one-sided opening period - and it took the introduction of captain Kevin Nolan after the restart to stir the visitors.
Ricardo Vaz Te set up the onrushing midfielder with a teasing pass to fire beyond goalkeeper Clayton Ince.
But Walsall responded in the 75th minute when Martin Butler headed home from close range after livewire Michael Dobson's initial free-kick had hit the post.
The home side looked buoyant but Ivan Campo delivered a killer blow two minutes from time when he rose to head a Gary Speed corner past Ince.
Nicolas Anelka killed the contest with just seconds to spare when he pounced on a defensive mix-up to drill El-Hadji Diouf's cross home.