Tbh, I think city have the worst tactics of any of the big European clubs, it's just painful to watch them raping that poor ball.
They play so slow and without idea that it's painful to watch. Mancini wants to play like Barcelona without actually knowing how. They pass the ball around in midfield without idea, then they give it to Silva, then he runs forward a bit, then he turns around and passes the ball back... and in the end nothing happens... They have the worst, slowest build-up of any of the big teams and the only reason they are first in the premiership is because if their players individual quality. Mancini is a shit coach, and I thought that even when he was at inter.
So it's no surprise that dzeko plays poorly there. There was no cross almost the whole game, no through ball, no ball over the top of the defence... and how could there be when they are so sloooooooooooow. Why play him on the wings? It's not his job to be there ffs!!!
The reason why he's good as a sub is because when he comes on they are usually chasing a goal and have to abandon their usual idiotic tactics and just hoof the ball up without Silva or nasri raping it, and that suits Dzeko. It's a sad state when you pay better when you don't have any tactics than when you do.
Dzeko would be a completely different player in Juve, with pirlos through balls and crosses from the sides.
Manchester city is just awful.