Report | Man City 5-1 Wolves | Men’s First-Team | News

Man Metropolis 5 (Haaland 12 pen, 35, 45 pen & 54, Alvarez 85) Wolves 1 (Hwang 53)

Wolves had been swept apart on the Etihad, because the seemingly champions elect Manchester Metropolis ruthlessness noticed off an Previous Gold facet with out Gary O’Neil within the technical space.

Erling Haaland scored 4 on the night time. Two first half penalties, following fouls by Rayan Ait-Nouri and Nelson Semedo, had been punctuated by a guided header from the league’s prime scorer, as Metropolis went in for the break cruising.

Hee Chan Hwang momentarily had Wolves again within the contest when he pounced on an Ederson mistake, however Haaland immediately restored the hosts’ three-goal benefit lower than a minute later and Julian Alvarez accomplished the scoring late on, as Wolves misplaced on their penultimate away day of the marketing campaign.

When dealing with Manchester Metropolis, maintaining it tight early on is important, however after 11 minutes the hosts had been handed the chance to take the lead from the spot. Ait-Nouri was late to Josko Gvardiol, who had taken his shot, however was clattered by the Wolves man. Up stepped Haaland to ship Sa the mistaken manner and declare objective quantity certainly one of his first-half hat-trick.

When a robust hand from Jose Sa stored out Haaland’s header, Metropolis had been on prime, however Wolves did take pleasure in a interval of possession. Their confidence started to develop and Hwang had glimpses of objective, coming near connecting with deliveries from each Matheus Cunha and Nelson Semedo, however Ederson remained untested.

Nevertheless, Metropolis had been within the temper, trying like they had been on their option to a fifth successive title, so when Cunha gave the ball away in a harmful space, he was punished as Rodri trotted clear and whipped in a cross for Haaland to nod dwelling.

It obtained worse in damage time too, as a protracted ball excessive despatched Haaland scampering clear, and he was introduced down Semedo. It seemed a transparent penalty, with the Wolves man clipping Haaland, however Craig Pawson required a VAR examine to make the choice. Up stepped Haaland, who went to Sa’s proper once more, and though the goalkeeper did too, the strike was too highly effective.

Half-time | Man Metropolis 3-0 Wolves

5 minutes after the interval, Wolves had been thanking their goalkeeper, with Sa getting down low to disclaim Foden, and for a second they had been again within the recreation.

The Previous Gold labored the ball to half-time substitute Jean-Ricner Bellegarde down the best and his cross tempted Ederson out, however the goalkeeper didn’t join firmly, and Hwang was completely positioned to knock the unfastened ball into the web.

Nevertheless, that pleasure was extraordinarily quick lived and fewer than a minute later Metropolis restored their three-goal benefit. Foden clipped the ball excessive for Haaland, whose contact was good and end lethal, whipped into the far nook past Sa.

The goalkeeper wasn’t having a nasty recreation although, and he brilliantly denied the Norwegian one other, producing a robust hand to show over his highly effective strike, and he did the identical to maintain out Mateo Kovacic’s effort.

Nevertheless, he can be crushed a fifth time earlier than the night was up. Toti’s heavy contact left him in hassle and his second contact was a deal with, which fell completely for Rodri to slide in Alvarez to do the left, hitting throughout himself left footed for Metropolis’s fifth and last objective.

Full-time | Man Metropolis 5-1 Wolves

Man Metropolis | Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Ake (Stones 69), Gvardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, De Bruyne (Nunes 79), Silva (Doku 80), Foden (Grealish 80), Haaland (Alvarez 82).

Unused subs | Ortega, Dias, Gomez, Lewis.

Wolves | Sa, Ait-Nouri, Semedo, Kilman, Toti, H Bueno (S Bueno 71), Traore, Lemina (Bellegarde 45), Gomes, Hwang ( Chirewa 87), Cunha (Sarabia 76).

Unused subs | Bentley, Doherty, Gonzalez, Okoduwa, Fraser.