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Ben Fisher was at Molineux tonight. Here\u2019s his report. Thanks for reading this MBM.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n V\u00edtor Pereira\u2019s turn to talk to Sky. \u201cWe faced a strong team \u2026 technically strong, individually strong \u2026 but we created a lot of chances to score \u2026 a lot of opportunities \u2026 when we committed a mistake, they punished us \u2026 when we had a chance to score we didn\u2019t score \u2026 of course I\u2019m not happy \u2026 but we played with courage \u2026 not just to defend \u2026 to create \u2026 press them \u2026 but if I don\u2019t see the match, the result does not translate what happened \u2026 I will keep in my mind the good things \u2026 and start to correct the things we need to correct \u2026 try to be better in the next game \u2026 we keep going with work \u2026 I hope the club can help us with new signings \u2026 more quality \u2026 they are working until the end of the market \u2026 hopefully we can bring three or four players at least.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Pep Guardiola, all mellow contentment, speaks to Sky. \u201cFirst half good, second no \u2026 the attitude and many, many things was good \u2026 it\u2019s good to [have things to] improve winning 0-4 \u2026 the new players come and we have a bigger squad \u2026 we have to reduce the squad because it will be difficult to sustain the vibe of the team \u2026 it is a good result but no more than that \u2026 it\u2019s a good result, no more than that \u2026 last season we started against Chelsea 0-2 \u2026 look what happened later \u2026 be patient \u2026 improve \u2026 in general it was good.\u201d<\/p>\n He\u2019s also asked about Ederson. Is he for the off? \u201cThe club will inform me \u2026 I don\u2019t know anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Wolves weren\u2019t completely toothless this evening. They unsettled Manchester City<\/a> for a few minutes before Erling Haaland\u2019s opener; had Marshall Munetsi read City\u2019s offside trap a wee bit better, they could even have taken the lead, and perhaps the story would have been different. Perhaps. But given the way City subsequently outclassed them, these are huge ifs and buts. Tijjani Reijnders enjoyed an outstanding debut for City: his scooped pass to Rico Lewis unlocked the Wolves defence for the game\u2019s opener, and he went on to score a fine goal of his own, plus an assist. It could hardly have gone better for the former Milan midfielder \u2026 and Rayan Cherki and James Trafford had mighty fine debuts as well. A perfect day for City, pretty much; they\u2019ll be serious contenders for this season\u2019s title. As for Wolves, let\u2019s see whether or not a relegation scrap awaits them: upcoming games against Bournemouth (a), West Ham (h) and Everton (h) will tell us more about that.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Reijnders adds: \u201cLast season City didn\u2019t win the Premier League<\/a> and that is our main goal, to win the Premier League \u2026 we all know what we want \u2026 we are really sharp to reach that goal \u2026 I want to show that I am proud to play for this club, especially with a lot of fun and a lot of love.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The magnificent Tijjani Reijnders, player of the match on debut, talks to Sky Sports. \u201cIt\u2019s a really nice start of course, to start with a goal and assist \u2026 especially in the Premier League<\/a>, it\u2019s a thing you\u2019ve always dreamed about \u2026 couldn\u2019t be better \u2026 the first game of the season, you don\u2019t know what will happen, how the opponent will play \u2026 they put some pressure on us but we stayed calm \u2026 I have a new view [under Pep Guardiola] on how to play football.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.58 EDT<\/p>\n Molineux continues to chant for their Diogo. Players and manager thank the fans for their tribute by facing them and applauding, shades of Liverpool at Preston<\/a>. Someone lays Jota\u2019s old-gold number 18 shirt on the turf he once graced. Bittersweet and beautiful, the song goes on and on. A pulsating sound that will drift into the Wolverhampton sky for quite a while this evening, and perhaps stick in the mind forever.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>FULL TIME: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-4 Manchester City<\/p>\n City want their title back.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +7: Wolves might be losing, but their fans are currently in fine voice. They\u2019re singing a metronomic \u201cDiogo\u201d chant in honour of their beloved former star. It\u2019s a wonderful tribute, and a beautiful noise.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.30 EDT<\/p>\n 90 min +5: Gonzalez gets up and winces quite a bit, but doesn\u2019t appear to have done any serious damage, his arm moving freely.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +4: Gonzalez goes down awkwardly on his left arm \u2026 and stays down. He grimaces quite a lot. On comes the trainer.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +3: Lopez attempts a curler towards the bottom left. No power behind it. Easy for Trafford.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +2: \u201cKevin who?\u201d wonders Martin Shields.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min +1: Marmoush witlessly bashes the ball into the wall. There will be seven minutes of added time, incidentally.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 90 min: Marmoush dribbles along the face of the Wolves box, and is cynically upended by Gomes inches shy of the white line. So no penalty, but it\u2019s a free kick in a dangerous position, just to the left of the D.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 89 min: On Sky Sports, summariser Alan Smith names Tijjani Reijnders as his player of the match. He\u2019ll get no argument from anyone.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 88 min: \u201cManchester City, top of the league,\u201d bellow the away fans. They\u2019re not technically wrong, even if it is a bit early to be going large with this.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 86 min: The fight has understandably gone out of Wolves. Both teams would declare now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 84 min: O\u2019Reilly is booked for a poor tackle, made quite a long time ago when the referee waved play on for an advantage, on \u2026 dunno \u2026 can\u2019t remember \u2026 Peter Broadbent? Norman Deeley? Ron Flowers? It was a long time ago.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.20 EDT<\/p>\n 82 min: A sub apiece. Stones is replaced by Khusanov, while Hwang comes on for Strand Larsen.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-4 Manchester City (Cherki 81)<\/p>\n Cherki dances his way left to right along the curve of the Wolves D, before threading a shot into the bottom left. Another City new boy scores on his Premier League<\/a> debut!<\/p>\n Rayan Cherki scores the fourth on his debut. What an evening for City. Photograph: Chris Radburn\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.19 EDT<\/p>\n 80 min: Cherki pings a couple of triangles down the right with O\u2019Reilly, who crosses through an empty box. A waste of some fine build-up. No matter, though, because \u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min: The quadruple change has given Wolves some new energy, but it\u2019s all huff and puff. City look completely comfortable.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 76 min: Strand Larsen cuts in from the left and takes a whack. Trafford parries away from danger with strong hands.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 74 min: \u2026 and City respond to that slew of subs by replacing Haaland for Cherki, another Premier League<\/a> debutant.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 73 min: Wolves respond to City\u2019s changes with a quadruple substitution. Moller Wolfe, Bellegarde, Hoever and Andre make way for Rodrigo Gomes, Hugo Bueno, Arias and Lopez, the latter pair making their Premier League<\/a> debuts.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min: City stroke it around in their patient time-honoured style.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 69 min: Meanwhile Nunes\u2019s first act is to usher the ball out for a goal kick, much to the annoyance of Moller Wolfe, snapping at his ankles. Oh, and the crowd, who aren\u2019t letting this one go. Pantomime boos a-plenty!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 67 min: Marmoush\u2019s first act is to draw a rash foul out of Doherty, who goes into the book. \u201cHaaland is unstoppable,\u201d opines Mary Waltz. \u201cSend him the Golden Boot already. It is inevitable.\u201d<\/p>\n Photograph: Michael Regan\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a014.07 EDT<\/p>\n 66 min: City make a triple change. Lewis, Doku and Silva are replaced by Nunes, Marmoush and O\u2019Reilly. Nunes, formerly of Wolves, cops for some panto pelters.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min: That was Haaland\u2019s tenth Premier League<\/a> goal against Wolves, who now sit atop his personal list. West Ham are next on it, having been on the end of his absurd talent nine times.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 63 min: Strand Larsen and Lewis point, paw and bicker at each other awhile. The referee tells them both to stop playing silly buggers.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>GOAL! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Manchester City (Haaland 61)<\/p>\n This is an absolutely wonderful goal. Trafford launches a long pass down the right. Reijnders takes it down from the sky with a cushioned touch. He one-twos down the inside-right channel with Bobb, enters the box, then cuts back for Haaland, who smacks a low shot across Sa and into the bottom left. Sa might have got a stronger hand to it, but nevertheless, what a move, what a team goal. What a player Reijnders is!<\/p>\n Erling Haaland with another sublime goal for Manchester City. Photograph: Catherine Ivill\/AMA\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.58 EDT<\/p>\n 59 min: A free kick for Wolves out on the right. With everyone lined up on the edge of the box, awaiting the cross, Bellegarde surprises everyone except Strand Larsen by slipping a cute pass down the inside-right channel. Strand Larsen doesn\u2019t quite catch his shot properly, but it balloons up, forcing Trafford to tip over. Nothing comes of the resulting corner, but the last few minutes have given Wolves a little bit of hope as they search for the goal that would get them back into the game.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57 min: Munetsi makes bueno down the right and fizzes a low ball through the City six-yard box. There\u2019s nobody there in Old Gold to poke home.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 56 min: Doku chases after a long pass in the hope of breaking clear on goal. But the whistle goes, because the opportunity only arose after Haaland had smacked into Toti.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 54 min: Bellegarde nips in ahead of Reijnders in the centre circle. He\u2019s got Moller Wolfe in space on the left, and a counter-attack is on. So Reijnders takes one for the team, cynically nudging him from behind. A yellow card to go with his goal and assist-to-the-assist for the opener.<\/p>\n Tijjani Reijnders is shown a yellow card by referee Jarred Gillett. Photograph: Paul Childs\/Action Images\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.50 EDT<\/p>\n 52 min: Strand Larsen returns. With little else going on, Pat Collins peruses the team-sheets downpage in the MBM. \u201cAt least Vitor Pereira can turn to his bench with a look of deep consideration on his face and exclaim \u2018Oh! Good-Good!\u2019,\u201d he quips, before having the decency to apologise in lower case.<\/p>\n \u201csorry\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.45 EDT<\/p>\n 50 min: Strand Larsen requires some treatment after clashing knees with Ait-Nouri. He looks in some pain. He eventually gets up and hobbles to the touchline, though he needs more time. Wolves down to ten for the moment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 48 min: Hoever, on the right, plays a glorious first-time crossfield pass towards Moller Wolfe, who would have been clear on goal had he controlled. Reader, he did not control. A fine opportunity flies out of play. What vision from Hoever, though.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 46 min: Almost a perfect start to the half for Wolves, as Doherty rolls a long pass down the right for Hoever, whose low cross finds Strand Larsen, ten yards out. Strand Larsen looks to guide a shot into the bottom right, but his effort whistles inches wide. Trafford might have had it covered; he might not.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Wolves get the second half started. No changes.<\/p>\n Much to do for Wolves in the second half. Photograph: Dave Shopland\/APShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.41 EDT<\/p>\n Half-time postbag. \u201cContrary to what you might see in the Canadian or Scandinavian tundra, Reijnders has absolutely terrorised Wolves\u201d \u2013 Peter Oh<\/p>\n \u201cThese headlines write themselves: Reijnders guides the slay\u201d \u2013 Chiwode<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m thinking back to famous Wolves-City clashes from the past, and those barrel-chested, fag-smoking greats Mike Bailey<\/a> and Franny Lee<\/a>. Barrel chests are sadly a thing of the past in these nutrition-specialist, controlled-diet days\u201d \u2013 Jeremy Boyce<\/p>\n \u201cIs it true that the pea in Jarred Gillett\u2019s whistle is the only one in the Premier League<\/a> to rotate in a clockwise direction?\u201d \u2013 Justin Kavanagh<\/p>\n Share<\/a>HALF TIME: Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-2 Manchester City<\/p>\n That\u2019s why they\u2019re champions a good shout to become champions for the seventh time in nine seasons.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +4: Reijnders wins a corner down the right. Silva hits it long. Haaland flicks it on to Doku, whose bodyshape, mid-jump, is all wrong to either control or shoot from close range. Doku might have anticipated that flick-on better. That perhaps should have been 0-3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +2: Lewis attempts to shepherd a ball out for a goal kick, but he\u2019s hassled from behind by Munetsi and is forced into conceding a corner. He claims to have been illegally skittled from behind, and he\u2019s got a point, but the referee\u2019s not buying it. The resulting corner nearly leads to a chance, too, as it\u2019s hit long for Gomes, who can\u2019t quite get a shot away on the right-hand edge of the six-yard box. His eventual dinked cross is plucked from the sky by Trafford.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 45 min +1: Hoever curls a cross in from the right. Strand Larsen attempts to sweep home from the penalty spot, but he\u2019s half-falling and gets the job all wrong. Trafford claims. The flag would have gone up for offside anyway.<\/p>\n Jorgen Strand Larsen slips at the opportune moment and the chance is gone for Wolves. Photograph: Darren Staples\/AFP\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a013.21 EDT<\/p>\n 45 min: Bad news for Wolves: there will be five additional first-half minutes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min: Silva takes that corner. Dias wins a header. Haaland competes for another. The ball\u2019s half-cleared. Doku performs a cute back-heel on the right touchline. This particular period of pressure eventually comes to nothing, but Wolves could do with hearing the half-time whistle. They were looking good for a brief moment or two, but now they\u2019re chasing shadows.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 43 min: \u2026 City win a corner out on the left, a result of Doku\u2019s twisting and turning.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 42 min: Munetsi is OK to continue. When play restarts, Reijnders, who is everywhere, wins a corner for City down the right. From which \u2026<\/p>\n