FRIEDEL: Had little to do as the men in front of him sniffed out most of the danger...6
CURTIS: Blotted his copybook with a sloppy backpass for Ricketts to pull one back...7
BERG: Simply awesome at the back. Didn't miss a trick all night at the heart of the Rovers defence...9
SHORT: Kept things tight at the back thanks to his no nonsense approach...7
FLITCROFT: Exacted revenge for last week's sending off with another all-action display...7
DUNN: Sensational in midfield in front of Mr Eriksson. Bags of energy and invention in the engine room...9
GILLESPIE: Still finding his feet after four months in the wilderness....6
JANSEN: Tore Wanderers to shreds with his speed and skill up front...8
BENT: Scored his second vital goal in a week to send Rovers on their way...8
*MAHON: Full of industry and invention in midfield, he never stopped running all night...9
DUFF: Always a threat down the left as Rovers poured forward in the second half....8
SUBS:
HIGNETT: What a stunning free kick. Steve Banks didn't stand a chance...8
HUGHES: The briefest of cameo appearances. Bolton BANKS: Pulled off a couple of blinding stops to keep the score down...7
BERGSSON: Overrun at the back after the break...6
O'KANE: Struggled to contain Duff...6
ELLIOT: Poor down the left...5
HENDRY: Saw his defence collapse around him...7
FARRELLY: Lost out in the engine room...6
FRANDSEN: A night to forget for the former Rovers man...6
NOLAN: Completely overshadowed by Dunn...6
GARDNER: Didn't see much service on the right...6
*HOLDSWORTH: Caused the Rovers defence a few anxious moments...8
HANSEN: Posed a few questions down the left before the break...7
SUBS:
RICKETTS: Popped up with his customary goal...6
CHARLTON: Didn't have much of an impact...6
PASSI: Too little, too late...6 Goal attempts...Rovers 16 Bolton 5
Shots on target...Rovers 9 Bolton 3
Woodwork...Rovers 0 Bolton 1
Offsides...Rovers 3 Bolton 1
Corners...Rovers 7 Bolton 4
Free kicks...Rovers 10 Bolton 11
Attendance...20,017
Referee...Mr G Cain (Merseyside) 8
Bookings...Rovers: Short (foul) Bolton: O'Kane (foul), Bergsson (foul), Elliot (foul), Farrelly (foul)
Sendings off...None 24 Gareth Farrelly's cross-shot flashes across the face of goal but Ricardo Gardner fires wide at the far post
25 Dean Holdsworth can't believe his luck as his shot on the turn bounces back off a post
47 Rovers seize control as Marcus Bent fires home the opener from David Dunn's clever flick
50 Alan Mahon draws a full length stop from Steve Banks with a stinging drive from outside the box
58 Another fierce cross-shot from Mahon forces Banks into more heroics
66 Dunn jinks past three defenders in a sensational run before blazing over the bar
74 Rovers make it 2-0 as Dunn pounces from close range after Matt Jansen's shot is parried by Banks
81 It's 3-0 as Jansen races onto a Craig Hignett through ball before dummying Banks and scoring with a cheeky chip
84 Wanderers pull one back as supersub Michael Ricketts latches onto a sloppy backpass from John Curtis
89 Hignett caps a glorious night with a stunning free kick to send Rovers into dream land
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