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Friendlies round-up

Bolton bounced back from their defeat to Bury with a 2-1 win over Malaga.

Bolton bounced back from their defeat to Bury with a 2-1 win over Malaga on Tuesday.

The Trotters were surprisingly beaten by The Shakers on Monday and they found themselves on the back foot against Malaga as Salva Ballesta netted on 15 minutes.

However, they battled back and Gary Speed headed a leveller following a fine delivery from Ivan Campo.

Bolton's persistence was rewarded late in the day when Henrik Pedersen rifled home from close in to hand Sam Allardyce's men victory.

West Ham maintained their unbeaten run in pre-season with a 1-1 draw at ADO Den Haag.

Alan Pardew's men fell behind in a fiery encounter, when Eljero Elia netted just after the hour, but Bobby Zamora popped up ten minutes from time to fire home from the edge of the box.

Earlier in the game Shaun Newton saw a penalty saved, while the Dutch outfit finished the game with nine men after two dismissals.

Matt Jansen was on target for Blackburn in their 2-1 win at Grimsby.

The forward, who is working hard to resurrect his career, followed up Dominic Matteo's headed effort with a neat finish as Rovers claimed a win at Blundell Park.

Aston Villa had a comfortable 3-0 win at Walsall, with David O'Leary particularly pleased to see strikers Juan Pablo Angel and Kevin Phillips finding the net, as did Liam Ridgewell.

Nathan Ellington netted on his comeback from injury as Wigan claimed a 1-0 win at Morecambe.

Gabriel Heinze made his first start for his club in three months as Manchester United secured a 3-1 win at Wrexham.

Friendly results:
ADO Den Haag 1-1 West Ham
Bolton 2-1 Malaga 
Cambridge City 3-0 MK Dons
Cambridge Utd 2-1 Nottingham Forest
Colchester 1-3 Ipswich
Crawley Town 1-0 Crystal Palace
Grimsby 1-2 Blackburn
Morecambe 0-1 Wigan
Oxford City 1-2 Wycombe
Walsall 0-3 Aston Villa
Wrexham 1-3 Manchester United