Birmingham 1 Bolton 2: Full time analysis
David Sullivan's final home game as Birmingham co-owner ended in disappointment as substitute Chung-Yong Lee's late goal earned victory for Bolton at St. Andrews.
Sullivan, who has been at the helm for 16 years, looked on from the director's box as Lee struck only a minute after Kevin Phillips had levelled for Blues.
That had cancelled out Tamir Cohen's first half effort for the visitors.
Victory for the Trotters eased the pressure on manager Gary Megson as Bolton, who have failed to win at home in their six last league games, clocked up their second victory in three away encounters this season.
There was nothing pretty about their performance but they were content to sit back and defend in depth and were also effective at times on the counter-attack.
Former Blues player Fabrice Muamba was impressive in the centre of the park while Gary Cahill also made several vital interceptions.
Birmingham had plenty of possession but lacked a cutting edge and three goals in seven games is a worrying statistic for manager Alex McLeish.
England head coach Fabio Capello made a rare visit to St. Andrews to watch the game.
Blues had an early scare when goalkeeper Joe Hart came out of his box to try and head clear. But the on-loan Manchester City player failed to find touch and was relieved when an ambitious effort from the touch-line by Ivan Klasnic was only just too high.
Then after 10 minutes Bolton stunned the home fans by taking the lead through Cohen.
A throw from Samuel Ricketts was flicked on at the near post by Kevin Davies and Cohen beat Hart with a header which looped into the corner of the net for his third goal of the season.
