Man City vs Wolves
Premier League
2:00pm Sunday October
Etihad Stadium
(Att: 54435)
Adama Traores second-half double assisted Wolves stun Manchester City 2-0 to leave Liverpool eight points clear at the top heading to the global break.
The warning signs were there for City following a level first-half operation but Nuno Espirito Santos decision to move Traore through the center was a masterstroke and the winger scored twice on the counter-attack (80 & 90+4).
David Silva did hit the woodwork for City with all the scores at 0-0 but Pep Guardiolas side generated little because they failed to score in the home for the first time in 45 Premier League games and flocked to their first home defeat since losing to Crystal Palace in December.
For the first time this season, Liverpool are favourites to win the Premier League.
This was a timely result for sailors, who had been recording his first Premier League away in a performance full of superb counter-attacking and cohesion of the season.
Wolves ought to have been in front and were eager to target Fernandinho as a makeshift.
Joao Moutinho and Patrick Cutrone played with through on goal but the Italian sliced and also looked restless horribly wide.
Fernandinho produced a dual block, first afterwards he skipped through on target and then from the follow up of Cutrone.
Ederson was subsequently called into action to refuse Jimenez who raced through unchallenged but the striker was denied by a mix of brave and sloppy finishing goalkeeping.
It required 32 minutes to City when Raheem Sterling stung the hands of Rui Patricio from range to capture a shot.
City failed to perform at any intensity until Guardiola introduced Bernardo Silva about the hour Wolves – who played with a 90 minutes against Besiktas om Thursday – looked to be exhausting.
David Silva may have given the game a different complexion on 67 minutes had his precise effort from a 20 yard free-kick not come crashing back off the crossbar.
Wolves slipped deeper and deeper and a City goal looked inevitable but the people struck them with 10 minutes remaining to send shockwaves.
Jimenez led the rest past Otamendi and squared one for Traore, who came with just 1 aim in 72 Premier League appearances. However, you would not have known that out of his finish as he calmly slid the ball from the design of a striker past Ederson.
Sergio Aguero wriggled with no Willy Bolys shackles at injury-time but might only shank his attempt wide of the post. It came out of the traffic, although there would be a late goal.
Traore hurried hands a advantage at the title race to Liverpool and through some hesitant City defending to double his account for the afternoon.
Manchester City are back in action live. Meanwhile, Southampton is hosted by Wolves.
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