Gelson Fernandes insists Manchester City will rediscover their winning ways after Saturday's disappointing stalemate with Wigan Athletic.

The midfielder told City's website: "It was a proper English football match, but I'm not happy because we didn't win. We've got to keep working and keep believing.

"It's very difficult to play against if you can't find a solution. If you score first it becomes a lot easier, but they defended well and they know we like to play, we like to keep the ball so they just waited and defended deep. We just have to keep working against teams like this to find an answer.

"The longer you go on without scoring, the more frustrating it gets. Wigan were dangerous on the counter-attack but we were frustrated. We tried hard, I think we played quite well but we are disappointed because we only came away with one point."

Of his partnership with Michael Johnson, Gelson added: "We like playing together, we've got a good relationship but there's a good spirit in the whole squad. I enjoy playing alongside Michael, but I enjoy playing with all my team mates as well."