Okocha breaks white hearts

Bolton had wondered all through the season with, one win in 10 games ahead of their visit to David Pleat's side, and Bolton's Coach Sam Allardyce had fancied a better performance to erase the disappointments of Man City and Birmingham days back at the Reebok and Manchester City stadium respectively.

Fans of Tottenham got a dose of the Jay-Jay magic, as the super eagles captain mesmerizing runs saw him hitting the woodwork three times and set up a host of chances for others - including the one after 73 minutes which gave Nolan his fourth goal of the season and sent Bolton home with all three points.

Once more, his White Hart Lane performance like that of last season however left Sam Allardyce, eulogizing his brilliance once again "It was an inspirational performance from our captain," Allardyce began.

And explained Okocha's ever glowing output when expected "We struggled to get possession in the first 10 minutes then all of a sudden he decided to turn the magic on, and that lifted the whole of our side.

Allardyce went further to explain the secret behind a counter turn over in Bolton's slow start and misses, all linked to the midfielder's doorstep "Once he started showing that ability we passed the ball a lot better and a lot quicker and once we got at Tottenham's back four we caused them quite a few problems and in the end got what we deserved.

The Wanderers gaffer however sums all up by stressing that "I would say that was the best Jay-Jay has played this season."

Ahead of Super Eagles nations cup preparation in Tunisia, the eagle and skipper of the side has began a great showing that others will have to emulate, if the nation tend to soar above South Africa, Morroco and the Squirrels of Benin