The Premier League match report between Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers at the DW Stadium on Saturday Sept 26, 2009.
Fabio Capello made a rare visit to St Andrew's, with Joe Hart and Gary Cahill among the England contenders on view, only to see South Korean substitute Chung-Yong Lee settle the contest in Bolton's favour two minutes after Kevin Phillips' goal for Birmingham had cancelled out an early header by Israel's Tamir Cohen.
Lee pounced to run in the loose ball after Matthew Taylor's free-kick rebounded from a post, giving Bolton a second away victory and ensuring a losing send-off for Birmingham's co-owner David Sullivan.
Sullivan, who has sold up to the Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung , had designated the match as the one at which he and managing director Karren Brady would say "goodbye" after 16 and a half years at Birmingham.
Brady was absent filming for The Apprentice, but the best crowd of the season, some 3,000 more than for the derby against Aston Villa, took advantage of reduced ticket prices.
On a sun-drenched afternoon â€" Birmingham manager Alex McLeish was spotted slapping on the sun cream as the match got underway â€" Bolton's Ivan Klasnic came close to a first-minute goal. Hart had to use his head to clear but sen! t the ball only as far as the left wing, from where the Croat ! tried an audacious lob that landed on the roof of the net as Hart ran back.
Bolton seized the initiative after 10 minutes when Birmingham defended poorly from a long throw-in by Sam Ricketts. Kevin Davies at least had to win the ball under an aerial challenge, whereas Cohen, the son of former Liverpool and Rangers player Avi Cohen, was allowed a free header from six yards and collected his third goal of the season.
Both sides deployed a lone striker, Christian Benitez undertaking the role for Birmingham with his head heavily bandaged after sustaining an injury at Hull the previous weekend and Klasnic making his full Premier League debut for Bolton. It took the hosts half an hour to threaten a goal, Teemu Tainio meeting Gregory Vignal's cross with a volley that flew narrowly wide.
Birmingham pressed hard for an equaliser before half time. Jussi Jaaskelainen's agility denied Barry Ferguson, and then, following a quickly ta! ken free-kick, the ball was worked to Keith Fahey, whose shot beat the keeper but struck the angle of post and bar.
The home crowd chanted "4-4-2" and McLeish duly obliged by sending on Garry O'Connor and then Phillips, the former England striker, who soon exchanged passes with Benitez to score from 18 yards. But Lee, a 21-year-old who arrived at Bolton during the summer, had the final word.
