Ian Evatt criticises decisions over Plymouth Argyle 'timewasting' in Bolton Wanderers loss

Ian Evatt felt that referee Robert Lewis could have stamped out Plymouth Argyle's timewasting in the loss his Bolton Wanderers side suffered as he highlighted his only bugbear from the defeat.

Wanderers went behind just before half-time after Macaulay Gillesphey headed home from Jordan Houghton's corner.

The hosts switched to a back four early in the second half and Wanderers looked much better for it.

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Dion Charles saw a header saved by Michael Cooper, while substitute Elias Kachunga was unable to convert a golden chance to equalise as Wanderers were unable to get back into the clash and slipped to a 1-0 loss at the University of Bolton Stadium.

The result has left Wanderers 10 points from the play-off places and means they are now firm outsiders for the top six this season.

Plymouth meanwhile keep pace with others in the race for the play-offs and sit sixth in the table.

After the visitors took the lead, a feature of the encounter was the Pilgrims running the clock down and wasting time to help pick up three valuable points on the road.

Wanderers boss Evatt took no issue with Plymouth for doing so as he admits is it part of the game and they are trying to win the encounter.

But Evatt feels more could have been done to police it and that adding minutes on, seven of them, at the end of the second half, does not matter as the momentum that Wanderers had and could have made the difference was by then lost.

He said: "“I think if you play the game again and you have exactly the same scenarios, we back ourselves to win it.

"We talk about fine margins a lot and that’s again the importance of set pieces. They can