Roberto Mancini was none too impressed with his striker as they missed a glut of chances before being held to a 1-1 draw with Everton.
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Marouane Fellaini gave the visitors the lead with his first-half strike before Carlos Tevez netted from the penalty spot after the Belgian had upended Edin Dzeko in the area.
City had numerous chances to win the match, but their strikers were ineffective against a well-organised Toffees' defence.
After the match, Mancini said: "Everton is always a difficult game because they work hard, they defend very well. In the second half we played better, probably deserved to score another goal.
"In the end we are not happy but the season is long and this doesn't change anything. If you don't pay attention you can lose three points and it is sometimes better to take one
"In this moment we are not very strong with our strikers. We need them to score more goals. They are four top strikers but this can happen during the season.
"It is important they work hard like they worked today. Dzeko, Tevez, Sergio (Aguero), Mario (Balotelli) - in this moment we are like this but I think we will solve this problem."
Mancini also stood by his decision to replace Tevez with Sergio Aguero rather than withdrawing Dzeko.
"For the supporters, if I put on four strikers and take off four defenders, they are happy. But football is not like this. Everton can score only on set-pieces. I needed one or two players that could also help the defenders in this situation.
"I also thought that Dzeko could score one goal in that moment, not because Carlo played worse than Dzeko. Carlo played very well."
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