Kevin de Bruyne's goal was enough to get City to beat Wolves 1-0 at Etihad Stadium and rank third on the Premier League table.
The Wolves' confidence in entering the game is obvious, and they are close to the opening game twice. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde just beat him to Marshall Munetsi’s pass, but the goal was before Rayan Ait-Nouri also hit the post office.
Visitors paid the price for their splurges for the seventh consecutive victory, de Bruyne - the second-last time he punished them before his family supporters. Andre lost his property. Jeremy Doku opened it. de Bruyne is over.
Even though Matheus Cunha approached the equalizer in the second half, Ederson's position rescued the goalkeeper again. City has since taken control of most of it and has won a fourth consecutive Premier League victory to tighten their control over the Champions League position.
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Rayan Ait-nouri is a stunning distance to Etihad
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Kevin de Bruyne scored a goal for Manchester City's start against Wolves.
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After halftime, the wolf slammed the wolf as Matheus Cunha hit the outpost!
Player of the game: Kevin de Bruyne
It was the name of de Bruyne who shouted loudly in the last whistle. It's a game at the Atihad Stadium, where Belgium's right boot decisions, which helps bring Man City to next season's Champions League football.
De Bruen won't come for that. He is not his power, but evidence that he does not need to make an impact. Now, there is only one city in this stadium. He hopes to be the FA Cup champion again.
Player ratings
Manchester City: Ederson (6), Nunes (7), Day (7), Gvardiol (7), O'Reilly (6), Kovacic (6), Gundogan (6), Bruyne (7), Bernardo (7), Doku (7), Doku (7), Marassh (6).
second hand: Achanji (7), Lewis (N/A), Foden (N/A), MC Atee (N/A), Gonzalez (N/A).
Wolf: In (7), Semed (7), Doherty (7), Toti (7), Ait-Nouri (6), Andre (6), J
second hand: R Gomes (6), Sarabia (6), Guedes (N/A), Hwang (N/A), Wells (N/A).
Players of the game: Kevin de Bruyne.
Team news headlines
- Pep Guardiola welcomes Erling Haaland back to Manchester City as a substitute, Jeremy Doku begins.
- Due to injury, the Wolves did not have Jorgen Strand Larsen, so Jean-Ricner Bellegarde returned to the striker.
de Bruyne: I can still play
“We found a way to win,” De Bruin told Sky movement Then.
“Now we can relax and see what other people have done. It’s been a tough year, but we found there are some grooves to find the game we need to win.
"I just wanted to do my best. I know I left a game here, but I just tried to do my job like what I've been doing. I'm proud of my work, and that's it.
“A lot of teammates have talked to me and they are sad, I’m leaving, but sometimes that’s how life goes. The way I perform and how I perform is that everyone should do it.
"Unfortunately, I don't know (in the future). I show that I can still play, or that I've not done what I've done for the past four to five weeks."
“de bruyne still has quality”
Former city guard Micah Richards On the sky movement:
“Kevin has always been an excellent servant to this club, an excellent player. Whether it’s No. 10, No. 9, or right.
“He doesn’t have the energy he had in the previous years, but he does have mass.
“The awareness of the goal was great, he held the run and put it home.
“Human cities still lack some areas, some enthusiasm or direction.
“They can’t breathe at times, but victory is the most important thing.”
Talk point: AIT-Nouri escaped the red card
In the game without yellow cards, Rayan Ait-Nouri did grab Bernardo Silva with a stud while trying to stomp in the second half. It was checked by VAR, but the Wolves guard was not sent away.
"I don't like seeing the player being sent away, but he's a very lucky boy," Jamie Carragher Sky movement.
"He is trying to do this skill, and once his feet are rolling away, he has to go somewhere. I'm not saying he's intentionally trying to do it on his shin, but maybe he's seeing him coming and he's trying to protect himself."
Manchester City wins in statistics
- Manchester City has won four consecutive Premier League games since winning in 13 matches from April to September 2024.
- Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne scored 11 goals in 10 Premier League appearances against Wolves (6 goals, 5 assists), the most player-wide joint player in Premier League history (Mohamed Salah also had six goals and five assists).
- De Bruyne has scored 30 Premier League goals since he was 30 years old - the only players who have won over 30 Manchester City are Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero (41 each).
- Bernardo Silva became the 16th-year-old player to play for Manchester City, reaching a milestone for the second time this season after Kevin de Bruyne did so in January.
- Jeremy Doku has completed 101 dribbling in the Premier League this season, becoming the first Manchester City player since Shaun Wright-Phillips of the 2004-05 (119).
The story of the competition in statistics
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