Bolton boss Sam Allardyce looked back on Saturday's 2-2 draw with Manchester United in a disappointed fashion still lamenting over the slack defending by his players which gifted the Red Devils a last minute equalising goal.
Allardyce like many of the clubs supporters felt as if a goal by substitute Les Ferdinand was enough to give the Trotters a 2-1 win over their arch rivals but a moment of madness at the other end of the field cost the Wanderers a historic victory.
The Wanderers cheif initially felt like his side had been condemned to defeat due to the manner in which the last gasp goal was scored.
"I had the feeling that we had been beaten by Manchester United and not drawn with them. That went through into Sunday and Monday for me,"
"The size of the victory was so important that it has taken me a long time to get over it. The way we threw the victory away has really upset me because it was a lack of professionalism in the last few seconds by the players.
"People went away and woke up the next day and said that they would have settled for a point against Manchester United before kick off, but this would have been a major statement to the rest of the Premiership that Bolton Wanderers have beaten Manchester United at the Reebok Stadium, having beaten Liverpool 1-0 and Charlton 4-1, the Reebok Stadium would have been a scary place for teams to visit. It would have created fear. But we've thrown that all away in one split second." he told the official site
Record breaking Premiership champions Arsenal are next up for the Wanderers in a live televised encounter at Highbury and Allardyce feels that the Trotters can get something so long as they remained focused on the job in hand and nullify the Gunners strong points.
"The object of the exercise is to not worry about that and not to give them too much respect.
"We must nullify their strengths, which we have done in the past, and try to expose their weaknesses whenever we get the opportunities.
"But, with a team as confident as they are, they appear to be almost impregnable. We must put a needle of doubt into them and try to get that little bit of doubt into their bodies because, at the end of the day, they are only human and human beings under the right pressure will make mistakes.
"And if we can do that, and capitalise on them, we may get a result."