Bolton defender gives dressing room view of Ricardo Santos mistake & Sheffield Wednesday loss

Gethin Jones says Bolton Wanderers skipper Ricardo Santos will take his mistake in the loss against Sheffield Wednesday on the chin and learn from it as focus now shifts to taking on Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup.

The Whites went close to taking the lead in a tight opening half an hour which they edged against the Owls. Liverpool loanee Conor Bradley put wide from a glorious one-on-one opportunity.

And not long after that, the Owls took the lead when the visitors capitalised following a big error which nearly resulted in an own goal for Bolton skipper Ricardo Santos. George Byers slotted home following that as Wanderers failed to react quickly enough.

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The Owls scored a quick second not long after as Liam Palmer put them two up heading into half-time. Jack Iredale forced David Stockdale into action in the second half in perhaps the closest Wanderers came to pulling one back as they slipped to a 2-0 loss.

It brought an end to an unbeaten run which lasted 13 games. Jones believes Wanderers were not quite themselves against the Owls, but believes his side must now look ahead to taking on the Villa this Tuesday.

He said: “Obviously we are all gutted but the manager explained it was one defeat in 14 for us, and we’re allowed to lose football games. The way we play there will be mistakes at the back sometimes. Conor had a great chance at the start and didn’t take it but we haven’t got on to him about it, he has been brilliant for us. It is the same for us at the back – the first goal was a mistake but we have to move on from it.

“Football is like that, it can hit you hard sometimes. If we had scored, then the game would