Chung-yong Lee Fifa Coins burst through the Reds defence to beat Jose Reina, but had his shot kicked off the line by Sotirios Kyrgiakos, and the miss cost Bolton dearly as Dirk Kuyt stabbed home the opener in the 37th minute.
Lee was booked Fifa Coins for diving when he fell under the challenge of Alberto Aquilani and then David Ngog missed a glorious chance to make the game safe when he bounced the ball over the bar in front of an open goal. But Liverpools nerves were finally eased in the 70th minute when a shot from Emiliano Insua took a huge deflection off Kevin Davies and squirted past Jussi Jaaskelainen in the Bolton goal.