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Cahill: Bolton players need to take good look at themselves

Gary Cahill branded Bolton's performance in defeat to Fulham as "terrible".

"We went into the game on the back of some good form at home so it was not a good performance to say the least," he told PA Sport.

"We were lucky to come in 1-1 at half-time and I felt we couldn't go out in the second half and play as badly as we did, it was a very sloppy performance.

"It wasn't much of a spectacle, to say it was the Premier League it was a terrible game.

"The tempo was so slow it was almost like a training match and a few mistakes have cost us. Defensively as a team we were terrible. Our retention of the ball was terrible, a lot of things were terrible.

"We were all over the place, out of shape as a whole team, and you can't carry a couple of players. A lot of players had below-average games, that is their own fault. I'll analyse my own game and I know the lads will.

"The lads and everyone need to have a look at themselves."

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