Bolton Wanderers 2 Fulham 1: Bolton captain Kevin Nolan fired another reminder of his goalscoring capabilities to England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with the winning strike against Fulham yesterday.

The 23-year-old has again been overlooked by the Swede for Wednesday's friendly against Uruguay at Anfield, and seems unlikely to make the cut for the World Cup finals in Germany.

Nolan's superb 68th-minute winner came after Fulham striker Heidar Helguson opened the scoring, before producing a calamitous own goal on the stroke of half-time.

Bolton make an inauspicious start as Fulham began brightly. Iceland striker Helguson arrived at the far post to connect sweetly with Tomasz Radzinski's deep lofted ball, but could only crash a left-foot shot against the bar.

Fulham's bold attacking formation, with Helguson and Brian McBride ably supported by wide-men Luis Boa Morte and Radzinski, posed a serious threat to Bolton on the counter-attack.

Fulham's vibrant approach was rewarded after 22 minutes when midfielder Simon Elliott flighted in a superb inswinging free-kick from the left flank and Helguson rose above Bruno N'Gotty to plant a firm header past Jussi Jaaskelainen from six yards.

Tempers began to fray as the interval approached with Nolan booked for a heavy challenge on Steed Malbranque.

Seconds later Wanderers were level. A Stelios Giannakopoulos corner was met by Nolan, whose shot was blocked and cleared out only as far as the taker. The Greece winger's cross was headed goalwards by N'Gotty but in the ensuing scramble Helguson only succeeded in hacking the ball into his own net.

Bolton began to enjoy a territorial advantage and Nolan's fine individual strike edged his side ahead after 68 minutes. Collecting possession from Kevin Davies' pass down the left flank, the Bolton skipper brushed aside Zat Knight's feeble challenge and showed delightful footwork to skip past Carlos Bocanegra.