Were City trying to break some sort of record for the most pass-backs last night?
I don't know if this is something they have been instructed to do or if too many players are taking the easy (lazy) option but it needs to stop IMO. The fact that Given looked so uncomfortable dealing with some of them and that only 11 of his 29 passes/clearances found a blue shirt shows that this tactic is dangerous and would have been punished by a better team than Bolton.