Pep Guardiola's team managed to beat "Wolverhampton" in a very difficult match.
"Manchester City" won away against "Wolverhampton" in the match of the "8th round" of the English Premier League (EPL) season 2024/25. The match at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton ended with a score of 1:2.
The hosts took the lead in the 7th minute of the match – Jorgen Strand Larsen scored.
In the 33rd minute, the Citizens equalized thanks to the efforts of Josko Guardiola. So the teams went to the break with the score tied.
In the second half, Josep Guardiola's charges tried to snatch the victory and finally achieved what they wanted. In stoppage time, in the 90+5th minute, John Stones scored the decisive goal.
Thanks to this result, Manchester City (20 points) took first place in the Premier League. The Sky Blues are two points ahead of Liverpool, which has a game in hand. Today, the “Reds” will host “Chelsea”, the starting whistle will sound at 18:30 Kyiv time.
“Wolverhampton” is at the bottom of the Premier League standings, having only one point to its credit.
In the next round of the English championship, the “citizens” will host “Southampton” on October 26, and the “wolves” will play away against “Brighton” on the same day. Before that, Guardiola's team will meet Prague “Sparta” at home on October 23 in the third round of the main round of the Champions League.