Everton 2 : Bolton 0
03/20/2010 06:34:23 PM
Everton's increased vitality and Steinsson was given his marching orders a minute later.
The visitors could have few complaints either as last man Steinsson - the third Bolton player sent off in four games - hauled Yakubu down as he raced clear from a Pienaar pass.
Arteta stepped up to double the punishment by curling a sweet strike over the wall.
At that moment there seemed little way back for Bolton, but remarkably they could have equalised almost immediately as Knight put a free header over from a Davies flick-on.
Diniyar Bilyaletdinov then headed over from an Arteta cross at the other end and Saha shot straight at Jaaskelainen as Everton looked to kill off the game.
Substitute Osman then rattled the woodwork after Jaaskelainen parried a Heitinga shot but the Toffees were not to be denied a second.
Osman weaved his way into the area with two minutes remaining and pulled the ball back to present Pienaar with a simple finish.