The whites were for great spells under the Cosh, but the city hit the woodwork five times remarkably and could not find a way to Jussi Jaaskelainen.
Bolton undoubtedly had a point in view of the pressure under which they were exerted, but thanks to the late punishment of Gary Speed, all three would have succeeded.
“With all the woodwork that was hit, it was the rescue that Jussi made with his foot,” James told the club channels.
“If you have hit the goal and the goalkeeper stops with his boot, think that there are higher powers that influence the result of this game!
“When Sun Jihai shoots but does not achieve, don’t scream. ‘Why do you shoot!’
“You think it will be a 0: 0 where we should have the three points or Bolton get this a chance. It is a cliché that you hear about experts all the time.
“(When the punishment was received) I would have spit feathers. They accuse everyone and nobody at the same time.
“Then I pouted and thought about how I didn’t read the attacker or dipped properly.”
Antoine Sibierski saw a few header from the crossbar during the first 45 minutes at the Etihad Stadium.
After the break, Joey put Barton’s drive from the post before Kiki Musampa and Sun Jihai were also rejected by the bar.
In addition, Jaaskelainen has produced a wonderful rescue to refuse to replace Stephen Ireland.
Hidetoshi Nakata was brought by the bank for his Premiership debut when hikers fought to keep her clean leaf.
The white met the city with the ultimate vacuum cleaner in the last phase when Richard Dunne was handled as in the box. The speed of 12 meters kept the speed to give the hosts a first defeat of the season.
After the game, Sam Allardyce admitted that his Bolton team had “attacked” their opponents to travel with all three points.