Wolves vs Man City soccer results

Final: Wolves 1-3 Man City
Objective: Jiménez (78) – De Bruyne (20 pens); Foden (32); Jesus (90 + 5)

Due to the advancement in the Champions League last season, Man City is allowed to delay the entry date into the 2020/21 Premier League to ensure there is sufficient time off between the two seasons. In terms of personnel, up to this point in the summer 2020 transfer window, Man City brought in defender Nathan Ake and midfielder Ferran Torres, enough to fill the missing positions.

In the first game, Man City had to be a guest of the Wolves, the team defeated them in both games last season. In the first inning, Man City was defeated 2-0 by Wolves at home. In turn, they not only failed to collect the debt but also lost 3-4 in the “wolf’s cave” in Molineux.

The failure that took place on December 26, 2019 was truly a disaster in many ways for Man City. It was the first time in 17 months that Man City lost a game by conceding more than 2 goals. It was also the first time in the Pep Guardiola era, there was a rival in the Premier League that made Man City only 37.8%, a record low number.

With the strategic talents of coach Nuno Santo, the Wolves truly became a formidable opponent, a thorn in the eyes of many Premier League giants. “Wolves” for 2 consecutive seasons to finish 7th in the league and have tickets to the Europa League. Courageous gameplay and quality players help wolves to have glorious matches regularly.

Last season, in addition to two occasions when Man City “ate onions”, the Wolves also forced MU and Leiceter to split points both in the first leg and behind, beat Tottenham 3-2 in the opposite half or draw. 1-1 at Arsenal in London. .

For the past two consecutive seasons, Wolves have been in the Top 5 of the highest scoring teams in the Premier League each season (all 13). That shows the unpredictability of the Wolves game and also explains why Man City always struggles with this opponent.

In the first official game of the new season, coach Pep Guardiola only added a rookie name to the starting list: Nathan Ake joined the center with John Stones, the face that was expected in the Etihad but only considered. The contract failed due to poor performance and often injuries.

The other rookie, Ferran Torres, sits on the bench when the Spanish military leader wants to put his trust in “hometown” Phil Foden, a 2000 midfielder who promises to have a boom this season. Gabriel Jesús took over the role of midfielder when No. 1 forward Sergio Agüero had to take another month to recover from injury.

De Bruyne vs Sterling are the two remaining names in the attack, while Gundogan is absent because he was tested for Covid-19 infection before the match. For this reason, the center of the field was yielded to Fernadinho (last season he used to kick the center-back due to lack of people) with Rodri.

The first situation of the match was Sterling’s fall in the 16m50 area in the 3 minute, but the referee determined that Coady did not make a mistake, so there was no 11 meters for the Green Man. In the era of VAR, these “sensible” decisions often have absolute precision.

In the 8th minute, Fernando Marcal (a left-back hired by the Wolves this summer) soon had to leave the field due to pain and replaced Vinagre. Although he soon lost his staff, Wolves once again demonstrated his “jealousy” status with the 2018/19 Premier League champions.

The home team established an extremely reasonable position, not only in control of the opponent’s efforts, but also in a position ready to respond if there was an opportunity. However, there are many different ways to delete a match.

In the 19th minute, Kevin De Bruyne fell to the grass after the impact of Romani Saiss and this time referee Marriner pointed to the 11-meter spot. It was the Belgian “tectonic king” who successfully executed a penalty kick to put Man City ahead.

Once Green Man scores a goal, it is very difficult to stop them. 32 minutes, the score rose 2-0. On a goal in midfield that featured first-time striker De Bruyne, the ball was passed very well. Finally, Sterling dropped the ball in the middle, allowing Phil Foden to calmly finish off his left foot with the Wolves.

39 minutes, the ball went into the Wolves 16m50 box from the left wing and Foden controlled the ball before squeezing inside to reach the high angle, but the ball was not accurate.

Before the end of the first half, Gabriel Jesús opened a double opportunity for De Bruyne, but Rui Patricio’s talent helped the home side avoid the third goal.

Entering the second half, Man City has a deceleration policy with priority number 1 to ensure maximum safety for the goal and to keep the advantage in hand. On the other side of the field, the Wolves played a little better, but everyone was still at the opportunity level.

After 58 minutes, Pedro Neto fought his way down the right and then went wide for Podence. After a period of management, this player had a shot that almost hit the target. A few minutes later, it was striker Raúl Jiménez who finished in a favorable position in the Man City penalty area.

In the 73rd minute, the Lobos ‘net vibrated for the third time after Gabriel Jesús’ effort, however, the goal was denied due to an offside error. Finally, in the 78th minute, Wolves found a goal. Podence “skewered” De Bruyen before a precise cross for Jiménez to jump high and hit a dangerous head to defeat Ederson.

The home team’s spirit and confidence improved significantly after the goal shortened the score, but they were unable to create a miraculous comeback. The rest of the time, at most, the wolves only have a few more opportunities to eat.

Not only that, the home team also had to concede a goal in minute 3. In minute 5 of injury time, just after being blocked by Rui Patricio with a long and powerful shot, Gabriel Jesús scored after his personal effort ( leading the ball in the 16m50 area and then ends up passing an opponent’s foot, provoking Patricio’s hand).

So Man City has broken through the storm called Wolverhampton that has haunted them for the past two years to start a smooth 2020/21 season.

EQUIPMENT

LOBOS XI (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Willy Boly, Conor Coady (c), Romain Saiss; Adama Traore, Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho (Dendoncker 78 ‘), Marcal (Vinagre 8’); Daniel Podence, Pedro Neto (Fabio Silva 78 ‘); Raúl Jiménez.

MAN CITY XI (4-2-3-1): Ederson; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Benjamin Mendy; Fernandinho (c), Rodrigo; Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne, Raheem Sterling; Gabriel Jesús (Ferran Torres 81 ‘).