Man City vs Wolves 2021-22 English Premier League

Manchester City

66': Raheem Sterling (P)

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

45'+2': Raúl Jiménez

Man City dig deep to overcome 10-man Wolves with Raheem Sterling penalty

Manchester City's Raheem Sterling (centre) celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game from the penalty spot [1296x729]

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Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
40': Rúben Dias (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
43': Rodri (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+2': Second yellow card to Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
45'+4': Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
56': Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces Ilkay Gündogan.
64': VAR Decision: Penalty Manchester City.
66': Goal! Manchester City 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
67': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hwang Hee-Chan replaces Adama Traoré.
74': Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Jack Grealish.
78': Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81': João Cancelo (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Trincão replaces Rúben Neves.
87': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Daniel Podence replaces Leander Dendoncker.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Etihad Stadium
Location: Manchester, England
Attendance: 52,613

English Premier League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+15	Arsenal	11	26	1
+10	Chelsea	11	20	3
+12	Manchester City	10	19	3
+4	Sunderland	11	19	2

Full Table

Statistics

WOL		MNC
5	Fouls	12
2	Yellow Cards	3
1	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	1
1	Corner Kicks	14
8	Saves	1
29	Possession	71
2	SHOTS	24
1	ON GOAL	10
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
231	Accurate Passes	679
310	Passes	746
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	8
4	Crosses	33
0.5	Cross %	0.2
54	Long Balls	38
16	Accurate Long Balls	33
0.3	Long Balls %	0.9
0	Blocked Shots	6
9	Effective Tackles	8
14	Tackles	11
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
17	Interceptions	12
29	Effective Clearances	1
29	Clearances	1

Line-Ups

Manchester City (4-3-3)

No.	Name
31	Ederson (GK)
14	Aymeric Laporte
3	Rúben Dias
11	Oleksandr Zinchenko
27	João Cancelo
16	Rodri
8	Ilkay Gündogan
20	Bernardo Silva
9	Gabriel Jesus
10	Jack Grealish
7	Raheem Sterling

Substitutes:

Kyle Walker, Zack Steffen, Nathan Aké, Cole Palmer, Riyad Mahrez, Fernandinho, John Stones, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden.

Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	José Sá (GK)
16	Conor Coady
27	Romain Saïss
23	Max Kilman
28	João Moutinho
32	Leander Dendoncker
8	Rúben Neves
3	Rayan Aït-Nouri
22	Nélson Semedo
37	Adama Traoré
9	Raúl Jiménez

Substitutes:

Willy Boly, Fernando Marçal, John Ruddy, Daniel Podence, Hwang Hee-Chan, Ki-Jana Hoever, Fábio Silva, Luke Cundle, Francisco Trincão.

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