Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Shrewsbury Town
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Antoni Sarcevic scored and conceded a penalty against his former club as Bolton secured a home win over Shrewsbury.
The Trotters' skipper, who spent a brief and unhappy spell at Town in 2016, followed a midweek goal at Charlton with an 18th-minute opener.
Sarcevic's superb curling right-foot finish was followed five minutes later with an equally-impressive strike from top scorer Dapo Afolayan.
Afolayan's seventh goal of an increasingly promising campaign should have set Bolton up for a comfortable afternoon.
Instead, Steve Cotterill's strugglers fought their way back into the game.
Ricardo Santos blocked Elliott Bennett's goalbound effort with goalkeeper Joel Dixon beaten, before a result-defining moment after 55 minutes.
Sarcevic tripped Shaun Whalley, but Dixon punched away Ryan Bowman's tame spot-kick, with Santos blocking George Nurse's follow-up.
Wanderers were still made to labour for their second win in five days when Luke Leahy netted his second goal in three games with a superb 20-yard free-kick late on.
However, Bolton held on to leave their visitors anchored in the bottom four.
Match report supplied by PA Media
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