A new Manchester City star was born in winger Adam Johnson as
the Blues nudged up towards the top four with victory over Bolton
Wanderers.
Strike duo Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor might have scored
the goals that leave City trailing fourth-placed Liverpool on goal
difference, but there was no doubt Johnson was the real star.
Signed for £8million from Middlesbrough on deadline day,
the 22-year-old left to a standing ovation six minutes from time
after providing most of the thrills on a chilly evening.
It was Johnson who won the penalty that Tevez converted to put
City ahead. And although fellow new-boy Patrick Vieira set up Adebayor
to seal victory, it was Johnson who kept Bolton on the back foot
and ensured there was no second away point of the season for Owen
Coyle, whose only other one came on this ground in November when
he was still at Burnley. |
