Ian Evatt believes Xavier Amaechi is trying to do too much to impress the Bolton Wanderers boss and make up for lost time after time out injured as he sent the loanee a message to simplify his game to have an impact.
23.01.2022 - 19:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Kieran Lee was withdrawn at half-time of Bolton Wanderers' victory on the road against Shrewsbury Town because of a slight hip injury.
The former Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday man started the League One clash against Salop, but did not emerge after the break.
Top scorer Dapo Afolayan came on in his place and teed up Dion Charles for what proved to be the winning goal with a remarkable strike, his first for Wanderers since joining from Accrington Stanley at the start of the January transfer window.
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After the game, Wanderers boss Ian Evatt said that the midfielder picked up a hip injury in the first half but it is not a serious problem.
After struggling to stretch his groin, Bolton opted to play it safe and take him off rather than risk a more serious injury developing, but it was a show of the new found strength in the squad when bringing on a player of Afolayan's calibre.
Wanderers are next in action next Saturday, back at the University of Bolton Stadium when they take on Sunderland and Evatt is pleased that the last two games have stopped the rot which his side had been in.
He said: “He’s got a bit of a hip injury. Nothing too serious. He jarred it a little bit in the first half. He was struggling to stretch his groin out so we decided to make a change.
"That’s probably a mark of what we’ve done this January that you’re bringing on Dapo Afolayan.
“Yes that was a fantastic finish today and we took our goals well last week, but in possession there’s still loads to come, but for now it was important that we stopped the rot and we become hard to beat again and I think that’s what we’ve done.”
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