Bolton have moved closer to safety with a 2-1 win over Aston Villa on Tuesday night.
The Trotters came back from a goal down to get the three points, which leapfrogs the Reebok Arena side over Blackburn into 18th place.
Stephen Warnock opened the scoring for the hosts just after the hour mark, before two goals in the next two minutes from Martin Petrov and David N’Gog stunned the Villa Park faithful.
Owen Coyle has hailed the efforts of his team, and hopes that the three points will given the club a chance of survival.
“I think we showed again the character we have within the squad and I have got to say I gave them an almighty blast at half-time because I wasn’t pleased with the first showing,” the Scottish coach told Sky Sports.
“We still looked a danger on the counter attack, but we allowed Villa far too much possession in the middle third with the second ball not getting on it quickly enough.
“I felt aggrieved to go behind because I didn’t think up to that point Aston Villa threatened in the second half, but it was wonderful play from N’Zogbia on the wing and a great cutback.
“But the character my lads showed again, the quality, the build up to the penalty – Mark Davies burst into box and it was a stone-wall penalty. It was an exquisite finish from Martin Petrov and then the build up to second goal, great passing move, Chris Eagles great feet and a fantastic finish.
“With our second half showing the win was very merited, absolutely no doubt about it.
“We have been in good form, I think that’s 13 points from 21 now and everybody else around about us was winning when we were idle and this was one of our games in hand and we still have another one.
“That’s what we have got to do, give performances like this to make sure we remain in the Premier League,” he concluded.
By Gareth McKnight
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