Fellaini fires Toffees past Trotters

The Toffees’ record £15m buy from Standard Liege followed his equaliser against Manchester United by scoring from a Steven Pienaar cross.

Pienaar and Fellaini both looked offside but the goal was given and furious Trotters fans booed off their team, who have now failed to win at home since the opening day of the season.

Boss Gary Megson suffered verbal abuse from a section of supporters during Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Tottenham and this latest setback will place the former West Brom boss under further scrutiny.

The Trotters created next to nothing and Megson’s decision to splash out a £8.2m on Johan Elmander again looked seriously ill judged.

Bolton remain in 19th place while Everton move up to 12th.