document: Birmingham City 2 Bolton Wanderers 1 : match report Read a full match report of the Premier League game between Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers at St Andrews on Saturday , April 2 2011 . Birmingham City catapulted themselves out of the Premier League relegation zone with victory over Bolton Wanderers at St Andrew 's . Veteran Birmingham striker Kevin Phillips made the most of being handed his first league start of the season by opening the scoring in the fourth minute , the 37-year-old meeting Sebastian Larsson 's corner and unleashing an effort that Jussi Jaaskelainen could not stop going in . Craig Gardner made it 2-0 just before the hour mark with a strike that crashed in off the post and although Johan Elmander 's reply for Wanderers set up a tense finale , the hosts hung on for three vital points . The win moves Alex McLeish 's team , who had started the day 19th in the table , up five places , although they remain only two points above the drop zone . Birmingham appeared keen to make amends for their 3-2 home defeat to Bolton in the FA Cup quarter-final just three weeks earlier and having made a lively start , they took an early lead . Gardner won a corner with a deflected shot and Larsson 's delivery skimmed over the head of Roger Johnson before falling to Phillips , who rifled the ball in off Jaaskelainen . Gardner tried his luck from outside the box three minutes later but his drive went across goal and wide . Almost immediately , Elmander had a chance at the other end on the turn which he was unable to get much power on , Ben Foster collecting the ball comfortably . Daniel Sturridge then cut into the box after finding some space only to blaze off target . Lee Bowyer volleyed over in the 25th minute having received a bouncing ball across the area from Larsson and the Sweden winger then teed up Gardner , who struck wide from distance . Bolton looked dangerous whenever they broke forward and after Sturridge had made weak contact with a header towards goal , he fired in a far more potent effort from the edge of the box which Foster got down to block . The England goalkeeper then held on to a deflected shot from Elmander before seeing Kevin Davies lift the ball over the bar . The hosts were soaking up a lot of pressure , but had a great chance to make it 2-0 in the 39th minute when Cameron Jerome raced on to a long ball . He appeared set to stroke it past Jaaskelainen , but fluffed his lines and the opportunity was wasted . Wanderers hit back again , with Sturridge bringing two more saves out of Foster , the second particularly impressive on the part of the Blues stopper as he pushed away a low , fierce strike from the on-loan Chelsea frontman . Jaaskelainen then jumped to catch a header from Johnson in first half stoppage time . Birmingham thought they had doubled their advantage three minutes after the restart but were denied by the assistant referee 's flag , Jaaskelainen parrying Phillips ' shot , the ball being headed back across goal and Larsson having his effort disallowed for offside . Sturridge continued to cause problems for the Blues with another shot from the edge of the area , but soon after it was Jerome shaping to shoot , Gretar Steinsson just getting in to nod the ball away . From the resulting corner , Jerome set up Johnson , whose attempt was pushed around the post in fine style by Jaaskelainen . Four minutes later , though , the hosts had a second goal as Gardner played a delightful one-two with Jerome before slamming the ball beyond Jaaskelainen and in off the post . McLeish shuffled his pack , introducing Keith Fahey and David Bentley for Bowyer and Stephen Carr , but with 20 minutes remaining , Bolton got themselves back in the game . Skipper Davies chested the ball down for Elmander , who leapt to connect with it and power into the net . Wanderers boss Owen Coyle , who had already brought on Lee Chung-yong for Tamir Cohen , added further attacking options from the bench in the shape of Ivan Klasnic and Matthew Taylor for Martin Petrov and Fabrice Muamba , while McLeish did likewise by throwing on top scorer Nikola Zigic for Jerome . Bolton 's search for an equaliser showed little sign of bearing fruit until the dying moments , when Birmingham were once again indebted to the efforts of their goalkeeper . Foster first tipped a backwards header from Davies behind for a corner , and then produced an even better save to push Steinsson 's header over the bar . There was time for one last nodded effort by Gary Cahill before the final whistle which Sturridge could not stretch to reach .
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