Mathias Svensson's late header gave Norwich
their second win of the season.
A flurry of three goals in six first-half
minutes began when Jay-Jay Okocha put Bolton ahead from the spot after Gary
Doherty's handball.
Svensson headed an equaliser a minute later but
his joy was cut short when Fernando Hierro converted a corner.
But Norwich were rewarded for an impressive
second-half display when Darren Huckerby levelled from the spot before
Svensson struck again.
Svensson might not have even started if Leon
McKenzie had recovered from a back injury - but the Swede got his chance
alongside Huckerby.
In a quiet opening spell, Norwich's Youssef
Safri spurned a rare goalscoring opportunity, skewing his shot wide from
Huckerby's pass.
Shortly after, the home fans were calling for a
penalty when Hierro appeared to handle the ball in attempting to clear David
Bentley's dangerous cross.
Referee Barry Knight turned down Norwich's
appeals but just four minutes later, he incensed the Canaries fans by
penalising Doherty for the same offence.
Gary Speed's long throw was missed by Craig
Fleming and when it bounced up in front of Doherty, the former Spurs man
used his arm to clear it.
Robert Green went the wrong way, allowing
Okocha to score his fourth league goal of the season - but their lead lasted
less than a minute.
The Bolton defence opened up to allow Svensson
to head in Bentley's dangerous cross.
Svensson was booked for an over-exuberant
celebration, and less than five minutes later Bolton had the hosts reeling
again.
Stelios Giannakopoulos swung over a corner for
Hierro and though Green got a hand to the Spaniard's powerful header, he
could not keep it out.
Bolton might have extended their lead before
half-time as Norwich struggled to cope with their trademark set-pieces.
Speed's corner found Radhi Jaidi at the near
post but Green reacted brilliantly to punch away his header. Norwich
started the second half brightly, with Bentley and Huckerby at the heart of
most of their good work. On 47 minutes, Bentley cut inside and struck a
left-foot shot just wide of Jussi Jaaskelainen's right-hand post. Bolton
continued to threaten and Giannakopoulos went close when he stabbed a shot
over from Bruno N'Gotty's raking pass.
Huckerby thought he should have had a penalty
when his run into the box was stopped by Nicky Hunt.
But on 69 minutes, they got their reward for
some enterprising play.
Despite Speed's claims of a dive, there was
little doubt about the penalty as the veteran midfielder tripped the lively
Bentley as the on-loan Arsenal man jinked through. Huckerby comfortably
slotted in the spot-kick for his sixth of the season and it got better for
the home fans six minutes from time.
Bentley's superb crossfield ball found Svensson and the striker
managed to direct his header inside Jaaskelainen's near-post.
