Bolton boss heaps praise on Matthews
Keith Hill has praised ‘magnificent’ Bolton goalkeeper Remi Matthews for his role in the draw with ‘juggernaut’ Sunderland.
The Black Cats endured a deeply frustrating afternoon at the University of Bolton Stadium, hitting the woodworktwice,whileMatthews was called upon to make two impressive saves.
Sunderland were poor though and basement side Bolton fully deserved at least a point, Jack Ross coming under fire from the 4,000-strongawaysupport. Aiden McGeady rescued a point from the penalty spot deep in added-on time.
Bolton boss Keith Hill said: “Let’s be right on reflection of the game – our goalkeeper was in magnificent form.
“I think there were periods of the game where we were very good but I can’t takeanythingfromSunderland,theyareajuggernautof a football club.
“They will be looking to get automatic promotion and you only have to look at the bench to show you what type of money they have spent in the summer and what players they have retained. It is a difficult task for our players but they stood up to it.”
Ross, reflecting on the chances squandered by wasteful Cats and the saves fromMatthews,said:“Ifyou look at the first half and the freeheaderswehave,Ithink we hit the woodwork a couple of times in the second half and the goalkeeper has made a couple of outstanding saves as well.
“Over the course of the game we've missed opportunities and made their goalkeeper make big saves, which was the same in midweek as well. I suppose we could be better at both ends of the pitch because we had opportunities to be more ruthless and score more goals.”