Wolves vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as John Stones nets winner in late drama
Wolves 1-2 Man City: Pep Guardiola’s side move to the top of the table with stoppage time goal
Manchester City were rescued by John Stones whose late winner secured a 2-1 win on their travels to Wolves in the Premier League.
City dominated possession and looked to push the struggling Midlands side deep into their own half. From the start, Pep Guardiola’s team looked to take control, but they were hit on the break and surprisingly went behind in the seventh minute.
Huge Bueno switched the ball out to the right wing where Nelson Semedo brought it under control and swept up the pitch. He curled a lovely pass into the far side of the box and Jorgen Strand Larson was waiting for a tap-in.
Wolves then looked to dig in and limit the space for City’s free flowing forwards. They were limited to shots from range despite 218 touches in Wolves final third in the first half alone. One of those shots got through, Josko Gvardiol getting forward and lacing a curling right foot finish into the far top corner.
City threw attacking wave after attacking wave at the Wolves defence, boosted by second half substitutes Phil Foden and Jack Grealish but there was no way through until Stones met Foden’s corner kick and nodded home to win the defending champions all three points.
Relive updates from the Premier League clash below as Wolves host Man City:
Wolves 1-1 Man City
36 mins
City’s relentless pressure continues, though Haaland narrowly misses latching onto a through ball this time.
GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Man City
33 mins
GOAL! City are level, and it’s brillaint from Gvardiol.
It looks so simple too, as the Croatian exchanges a couple of passes with Doku before receiving it on the edge of the box. He cuts inside and opens his body up, curling an effort past a diving Sa and into the far corner!
Wolves 1-0 Man City
32 mins
City are really knocking at the door now. Doku slips it to the overlapping Kovacic, whose cutback is put behind for a corner.
Gundogan swings it in, but the whistle is blown for a foul on Sa.
Wolves 1-0 Man City
30 mins
Gvardiol works the chance and feeds in Doku, who finds space to fizz a ball across goal, but for once Haaland is not there to capitalise and Wolves clear.
Wolves 1-0 Man City
29 mins
Brilliant from both sides as City work it though to Gundogan on the overlap in the box, but Toti does well to get across and head away the German’s cross.
Wolves manage to clear but City are winning it back almost instantly every time. The pressure is building!
27 mins
Gomes is perhaps lucky to escape a yellow as he makes two fouls in about 10 seconds. The second gives City a free-kick in a dangerous area to the left of the penalty box.
Gundogan swings it in and it bounces across to Savinho, who fails to make contact with the volley.
Wolves 1-0 Man City
25 mins
Brilliant work from Joao Gomes as he wins the ball off Doku in his own box and then wins a foul off the Belgian. A brief respite for the home side, as Sa launches it forward.
City win it straight back, unsurprisingly.
Wolves 1-0 Man City
24 mins
So far so good for Wolves, and they’ve had the two best chances, but City are beginning to threaten.
Doku skips past two defenders and cuts it back into the path of Gundogan, but Dawson is there to clear for a corner.
From the ball in, Wolves head away and City are forced to build again.
Wolves 1-0 Man City
22 mins
Gvardiol clips in a very dangerous ball towards the back post but it narrowly misses both Haaland and Gundogan.
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