Shay Given insists Manchester City Football Club need time to gel as a team.

The expensively-assembled Blues have looked superb at times, such as when they beat Arsenal 4-2, but they have drawn their last seven Premier League matches.

"We have spent a lot of money and bought a lot of players, so there's pressure on the manager and on the players to perform,” Given said in the Daily Mail.

"But you'd rather have that pressure than mid-table mediocrity. You want to push yourself. It will take time for us to gel, to get the balance, to attack as a team and defend as a team.

“We are working on it."

Next up for City is the visit of Chelsea to Eastlands on Saturday.

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