Manchester City vs Wolves: Premier League – LIVE!

36 minutes Sterling gets Sass’s wrong in the area and slides a cross which is cleared. Up to that level the sass has gone down holding his face, and there is little posture by players on both sides. My first thought was that he was trying on it, although replays show that Sterling held him with one hand. It was similar to the Son/McTomin incident at Spurs last night – I think he grabbed her with his fingers instead of elbows.

34 minutes Play resumed about five minutes after the face-off.

33 minutes Neves is now on his feet, taking a concussion test as I type. He was not bitten, as it turned out, although Kilman is sporting a nice black stripe around his noggin.

32 minutes Neves is now sitting. It looks like both players want to continue, although I am sure they will be given a concussion test first.

31 minutes Bruno takes the opportunity to give some detailed instructions to Lez Jiménez and Traor. It pains me to say this, but I dread the days when tactical instructions”Be the reason to go and say something, Billy“Can be numbered.

30 minutes Kilman’s head is tied with a bandage. Neves is still lying on his back, although he is conscious.

29 minutes Kilman and Neves, both of whom were only focused on the ball, have a nasty head-on clash. There is some blood running down Kilman’s face; Neves is still undergoing treatment on the back.

28 minutes Grealish is well challenged by Neves, the ball goes back for a corner. Gunodgan clips it and Jose Sa takes a clear punch.

26 minutes Wolves haven’t got Trare in the game. I remember only one attack, that promising break in the sixth minute, when he had been on the ball for more than two seconds.

24 minutes Another bit of Cancillo culture, a cute flip over the top that almost puts Sterling on target. Jose Sa comes out of his line to ward off the threat.

23 minutes Jimenez was fouled on the left wing 40 yards from goal. Ait-Nuri’s outswing free-kick is led by Jimenez who is on the edge of the field. I’m no xG hero, but I can tell you this was no chance.

22 minutes He makes two saves: Cancillo cuts a drive from 25 yards that is well held by Jose Sa.

21 minutes The city has been completely dominant, although José Sa had only one save to make, and this was an easy one.

19 minutes Jesus plunders the naves at the edge of the wolf’s field. After doing so he must square the ball in front of Bernardo Silva, but is delayed for a second and is confronted by Kilman. The city wanted a punishment; Jon Moss isn’t interested.

15 min We’re having some technical problems, I’m afraid, though you haven’t left anything noticeable.

11 minutes Grealish and Jesus have swapped places. I suspect this will happen a few times this afternoon, and I will almost certainly fail to inform you every time it happens.

Ten minutes Cancillo fires a pass at Bernardo Silva at the edge of the field. He shuffles his left foot in, on the inside, and hits a rising drive just past the far post. Another good effort, though not one that Jose Sa was particularly concerned about.

7 minutes Canslow, 30 yards away, whistles the drive soaring just above the bar. Jose was comfortable that it was off target, but it was a good effort nonetheless.

6 minutes They now cross the halfway mark, but a promising attack ends through Neves’ cross dribble to Ederson.

6 minutes I’m not sure Wolves have crossed the half line since kick off

5 minutes Gunodgan’s corner is bad and doesn’t hit the front.

4 minutes Cancillo wins a corner for City, who have started with intent.

2 minutes Half chance for City. Rando swings a good pass into Sterling, who finds Sass on the wrong side but can force a shot straight onto Jose Sa. I think Sterling was hoping to get trapped in the back half as Sass was up against him.

2 minutes City starts with Raheem Sterling on the right, Gabriel Jesus on the left and Jack Grealish on the false nine.

1 minute Take a peek! The wolves, in their black transition bar, kick to the right. The cities are in the sky.

Here are the players Most of them are hidden under the tracksuit top. Manchester in December.

“A great effort To create a sense of commonality between these two teams, Rob, “Dean Kinsella says. “But De Bruyne, Foden and Mahrez have three players on the City bench who would probably be the best players in 90 percent of the other Premiership clubs.”

I make it 89.47368421 percent, which coincidentally amounts to the capture of the city in the first 10 minutes.

Pep Speaks!

“We expect a tough game, because it’s always against Wolves. [Is Kyle Walker on the naughty step after his red card against Leipzig?] No, that’s how we want to attack. We have many choices – sometimes we decide to choose one player ahead of another. It’s not because we don’t like them, it’s nothing like that, it’s just the team we picked for today.”

Raheem Sterling: 99 not out

Bruno Lage Speaks!

“I want the players to be confident when we have the ball. City are very patient, which is why I chose an additional midfielder. But they can also give you space and when we have space, I want us to play our game.

The Inevitable Futility of Existence (Premier League Edition)

City made two changes from their last league game – Alexander Zinchenko for Kyle Walker, Gabriel Jesus for Phil Foden. It looks like an extra man in midfield for Wolves, with Joao Moutinho replacing Hwang Hee-chan.

Manchester City (4-1-2-3) Ederson; Cancello, Dias, Laporte, Zinchenko; Rodri; Bernardo, Gundogan; Jesus, Grealish, Sterling.
Options: Stephen, Walker, AK, Stones, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Foden, Palmer, Mahrez.

Wolverhampton Wonders (5-3-2) Jose bit; Semedo, Kilman, Cody, Sass, Ait-Nuri; Dendonkar, Neves, Mutinho; Traore, Jimenez.
Options: Rudy, Hover, Markle, Bolly, Podens, Kandle, Trincao, Fabio Silva, Hwang.

punch Jonathan Moss.

Styles fight. Wolves aren’t quite a rock for Manchester City’s scissors, but they are a dangerous adversary for the Pep Guardiola team. The reasons are simple: streetwise defending (only the top three have scored fewer goals this season), Raul Jimenez’s moves and, above all, Adama Traore’s spasmodic unplayability.

Traore produced two of his career-best performances when Wolves struck a double over City in 2019-20. Last season too, when City beat Wolves 3-1 and 4-1, they had to work hard. The first of those games was 2-1 after 90 minutes; The second was 1-1 after 79.

I realize I’m reaching out, trying to convince myself that this won’t be another regular home win for City, filled with a long run in which we – and Wolves players – over the inevitable futility of existence. Do contemplation. City are starting to look unlucky, and they went on top of the season for the first time when they beat Watford last weekend. But if you look a little closer, their domestic form in the league has been relatively poor. Since starting the season with consecutive defeats to Norwich and Arsenal, their results at the Etihad have been 0-0, 2-0, 0-2, 3-0, 2-1. Ten points from five matches: Pep out.

Wolves are eighth, best of 14 apart from West Ham, but their form isn’t great either. He has scored only once in his last five matches, in a 1–0 victory over the aforementioned Hammers, and suffered a disappointing loss to Liverpool last week.

In short, no one knows anything, but we’re about to find out.

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