Klasnic sends Bolton through again

Ivan Klasnic
12 April 2012

Ivan Klasnic's second FA Cup goal in four days secured Bolton's 1-0 victory over Fulham and a quarter-final trip to Birmingham.

The Croatian striker scored the winner in Wednesday's fourth-round replay against Wigan and he was on hand again to volley home from 12 yards.

Fulham welcomed Bobby Zamora back into action after five months out with a broken leg but they could not find a breakthrough in a fractious encounter at Craven Cottage.

Bolton took the lead after 18 minutes with a left-foot volley from Klasnic after some clever approach play from Chung-yong Lee.

The South Korean completed a neat one-two with Klasnic on the edge of the Fulham box before Fabrice Muamba drilled in a cross that Aaron Hughes failed to deal with cleanly. As the ball dropped inside around the penalty spot, Klasnic was the first to react and he rifled his shot past Mark Schwarzer.

Fulham continued to press and Moussa Dembele's misplaced pass ended up creating a shooting opportunity for Zoltan Gera but the Hungarian fired over the top.

Fulham were having to battle against Bolton's physicality but they did have chances, with Brede Hangeland playing Clint Dempsey into space 25 yards out only for the American to drag his low shot wide of the near post.

Fulham made a lively start to the second half with Dembele lifting one shot over before forcing Adam Bogdan into a smart save with a low curling effort from the edge of the box.

Steve Sidwell cut in from the left and tested Bogdan from distance while, at the other end, Chris Baird denied Kevin Davies a shot on goal with a well-timed challenge in the box.

Schwarzer kept Fulham in the game by clawing away Klasnic's close range effort after the Bolton striker had been picked out in the box by Lee. Petrov then found himself in acres of space in the Fulham box but his fierce drive was tipped around the near post by Schwarzer.

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