Bolton Wanderers boss Owen Coyle has scoffed at Roberto Mancini's complaints that his Manchester City squad is short of numbers.

At one point, Bolton's squad was shattered by 10 major injuries, including leg breaks and cruciate ligament problems.

Coyle said: "There is no getting away from it. We know where our problem has been.

"We have had so many top players out injured it is incredible.

"People talk about Manchester City and the personnel problems they are having but we have been coping with that since the start of the season.

"Not a word is said about us, though, because we are not as big a story.

"But, if anything, it hits us harder because at our level we simply just cannot pluck out another Stuart Holden like the bigger clubs might be able to do."