Antony could be in line for his third Manchester United appearance in Thursday’s Europa League clash with Sheriff Tiraspol.
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Ian Evatt believes Bolton Wanderers have changed a lot from their last trip to Plymouth Argyle and hopes they can take their mentality for home games on the road with them to replicate their physical output for away clashes.
The Whites last travelled to Home Park last October. They suffered a 3-0 loss amid a downpour on a Tuesday evening which was lucky to not see the game abandoned as the rain came falling down towards the end.
Wanderers fell behind in the first half to a quickfire double from the hosts scored by Brendan Galloway and Conor Grant. Bolton tried to find a way back into the encounter, but in increasingly treacherous weather condtions as the rain got heavier and heavier in Devon, Ryan Broom scored the Pilgrims' third as full-time approached.
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It was an eventful evening and proved to be an eventful few days afterwards. His appearance off the bench in that encounter proved to be Antoni Sarcevic's last in a Wanderers shirt as he departed to move to Stockport County shortly after.
Wanderers have changed massively from that evening and the team Evatt selects this afternoon will be very different from the one which took to the pitch last October at Home Park. Evatt is under no illusions that it is a tough place to go to.
The Bolton boss wants his side to take their home form and hard work they show at the University of Bolton Stadium and apply it to their travels. He believes physical performance has been a hot topic of late and highlighted in Premier League clashes too, with Evatt hoping they can have the same output on the road as they do at home.
He said: “That is the biggest thing I can take – we have changed
Antony could be in line for his third Manchester United appearance in Thursday’s Europa League clash with Sheriff Tiraspol.
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