The largely anonymous David Silva provided a cross for City team-mate Kolo Toure to fire wide from inside the box and Tevez and Johnson cut in from the left only to see their shots respectively saved and blocked by an offside Milner.

BBC: Man City 0-0 Birmingham

Moments later N'Zogbia sprung into life with a flash of star quality, ghosting past two Bolton players and driving into the box, only to see his crisp left-foot shot strike the inside of the far post and fly away to safety.

BBC: Wigan 0-0 Bolton