At home against Wolverhampton, Manchester City does not have an easy time this Sunday (10/20) against a team in the relegation zone. After all, they worked hard to tie Guardiola in the first half after falling behind to Larsson's goal, even with too many shots and ball possession. The clash at the Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton was tied 1-1. But Stones scored the winning goal for the Citizens in the 50th minute of the final. A 2-1. But totally fair.
The Citizens are the only undefeated team in the competition to reach 20 points. In fact, including last season, they are undefeated in 31 games. They are provisional leaders, but Liverpool can go ahead with 18 points and will take the lead if they win this Sunday's classic against Chelsea. The wolves are running a terrible campaign. After all, you only have one point. Thus, they share the last place with Southampton.
Brazilian and Portuguese legions
At City, goalkeeper Ederson and Brazilian striker Vitinho started and performed regularly. The Portuguese naturalized Brazilian Matheus Nunes arrived at the end and was greatly applauded; He is a former Wolves player. On the local side, Joao Gómez, André and Mathias Cunha have been impressive as starters. They were all included in the alternative team during the match and received a standing ovation from the fans.
In fact, the match also had the presence of the Portuguese Legion. After all, City featured defender Rubén Díaz and defender Bernardo Silva, while Wolves had goalkeeper José Sa, full-back Semedo and forwards Vítor Borges and Gonzalo Guedes. Only Portuguese was spoken.
Everything was the same in the first half.
City completely dominated the first half. To give you an idea, they had 80% possession and 10 shots against 2. In addition, goalkeeper José Sa was one of the protagonists of the stage with brilliant saves from Bernardo Silva and shots from Vitinho. But City gave in when they went on the attack. After all, if the Wolves only shot twice, one was in the sixth minute and ended up in the back of the net. Semedo advanced down the right and crossed for Larsson to finish first time. The other play was by Mateusz Cunha, who assisted Semedo, who went free in the area, but Ederson blocked the play and Guardiol saved.
In fact, it was Guardiola who tied the game. The Croatian defender, who plays as a right back for City, took it from Doku and sent it in from outside the area to score a beautiful goal in the 33rd minute.
City win in added time
Little changed in the second half. The Wolves had a good chance with Mathias Cunha, but they only gave it to City with eight shots to two. Thus, dangerous plays, shots from outside the area by Rubén Díaz when José Sierra dispatches a corner. Despite the arrival of Grealish and Foden (Docu and the Brazilian Vitinho started as starters) there was no objective to win. As a result, the home team celebrated a 1-1 draw.
But in the 50th minute Phil Foden took a corner from the right and Stonis headed in. Bernardo Silva was ruled out due to proximity to the goalkeeper and offside. The referee went to VAR and confirmed the goal. City 2 to 1. Tweezers.
Premier League 8th round matches
Saturday (10/19)
Tottenham 4×1 West Ham
Manchester United 2×1 Brentford
Southampton 2×3 Leicester
Newcastle 0x1 Brighton
Ipswich 0x2 Everton
Fulham 1×3 Aston Villa
Bournemouth 2×0 Arsenal
Sunday (10/20)
Wolverhampton 1×2 Manchester City
Liverpool x Chelsea – 12:30
Nottingham Forest x Crystal Palace – 16 hours
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