City hand Vieira start
Patrick Vieira and Adam Johnson were handed their first Barclays Premier League starts as Manchester City looked to find a winning formula against local rivals Bolton.
There was no place for Shaun Wright-Phillips or Stephen Ireland in the Blues line-up. The pair were joined on the bench by £22m defender Joleon Lescott, who has recovered from a knee injury.
On-loan teenager Jack Wilshere was in the Bolton starting line-up as the Trotters aimed to record their first away win since September.
Man City: Given, Zabaleta, Toure, Kompany, Bridge, De Jong, Vieira, Barry, Adam Johnson, Tevez, Adebayor.
Subs: Taylor, Onuoha, Ireland, Wright-Phillips, Sylvinho, Petrov, Lescott.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Knight, Ricketts, Robinson, Kevin Davies, Cohen, Muamba, Wilshere, Lee, Elmander.
Subs: Al Habsi, Samuel, Taylor, Gardner, Mark Davies, Basham, Andrew O’Brien.
Referee: Michael Jones (Cheshire)
