LONDON: Sam Allardyce has rubbed salt into the wounds Bolton inflicted on Liverpool’s Premiership title dream by claiming that Rafa Benitez’s pre-match jibes had provided the perfect motivational tool for his players.
A Gary Speed free-kick and Ivan Campo’s second-half header sealed a 2-0 victory for Bolton in Saturday’s lunchtime clash at the Reebok Stadium.
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