Zat Knight blasts Bolton teammates after Wigan defeat

Zat Knight admits Bolton Wanderers were poor in defeat to Wigan Athletic.

Knight pulled no punches over his side’s shortcomings.

"I am very disappointed and frustrated," he said. "Everybody is a bit hacked off, and we need to pull our socks up and do something about it.

"I am unhappy myself. I think one or two individuals weren’t up to scratch, and as a team we did not gel. The other week, we had a fantastic performance against Arsenal, then went away to Norwich and were lacklustre. Today, again, we performed for maybe 20 minutes out of the 90, and that is not good enough.

"I am fed up with the performance. I am not going to pick people out, but everybody knows who they are, and we are going to have to look at ourselves and pick it up again.

"The frustrating thing is, we know we can do it. We know we can rub shoulders with the best teams, but we let ourselves down when we come up against teams who are around us.

"I believe one or two have switched off in those games. People say we are looking a bit tired, but it is a big carrot we are playing for. Chelsea and Manchester City are massive games now. If we lose those two, we could be at the bottom with 11 games to go, and other teams might pick up a bit of confidence."