Manchester City v Wolves: Premier League – live
Key events
75 min Bernardo Silva is OK, by the way. Nunes dinks a cross into the hands of Sá.
74 min The Wolves man stays on the pitch after several TV replays, perhaps a crucial moment in this game.
72 min Ooooh. Aït-Nouri’s studs go into Bernardo Silva’s shin and VAR is having a look …
70 min Kovacic drags a low shot wide from the edge of the area.
69 min Gvardiol has moved to left-back for City, with Akanji at centre-back. The former is already looking a threat going forward.
68 min Gvardiol plays a lovely ball down the left channel to find Doku, but the move ends with a Marmoush strike that flies into the stands.
65 min City try to launch a break on their left before the ball goes off. Wolves make two changes, with Sarabia and Gomes coming on.
64 min Finally Wolves get going, the electric Aït-Nouri combining nicely with Toti Gomes on the left before winning a corner. Nothing comes from it … but Aït-Nouri, trying to dribble his way through the City backline, wins another.
63 min City have a corner, with Silva to let whip. Sá collects cleanly.
61 min Nunes has been assured out on the right against his former employers.
60 min Doku is faced with a wave of Wolves shirts when he tries to dribble and André does well to win the ball when rushing back into his area.
59 min O’Reilly makes way after an iffy start to the second half, with Akanji on for City.
56 min O’Reilly loses the ball in midfield once again to let Wolves attack … and Matheus Cunha rattles the post! It was a thumping hit from the left, just outside the area, with the in-demand forward bisecting the City shirts in front of him. Top effort.
55 min O’Reilly has space to dance down the left but he runs into the crowd when cutting in.
54 min Marmoush is fine it seems – it didn’t look all that serious to begin with.
52 min Marmoush goes down on the right after a tussle with Toti Gomes and stays down as City continue to pass it around – it’s probably 20 or 30 seconds before play finally stops for him.
50 min It’s been a low-key start to the second half but a Sá goalkick forces City to wake up at the back, the ball nearly breaking nicely for Munetsi to advance into shooting range.
47 min City wheel the ball around, again searching for Doku to then drift into the area.
46 min Off we go again … though Munetsi goes down after challenging for a header.
There were plenty of empty seats at the start of the game – that was due to a fan protest over the club’s ticket prices and policies.
Wolves had a couple of serious chances during a decent first half-hour, but City have strolled around comfortably since the De Bruyne goal, their possession in the 60s.
HALF-TIME: Manchester City 1-0 Wolves
Just the one minute added on as Nunes thumps the ball over to Doku on the other wing. The ball works it way to Bernardo Silva on the right, and he tries to jink away and cross the ball. Wolves resist and then comes the whistle.
45 min It’s just pass-pass-pass from City, always looking for Doku on the left to then penetrate.
42 min De Bruyne gets in the way of another potential Wolves counter, hunting down the ball on the City left.
41 min City are now wheeling the ball around comfortably, taking the sting out of the game.
40 min De Bruyne – he’s everywhere – halts a Wolves break with a foul by the halfway line.
37 min De Bruyne is in the game once again, trying to slide in a ball for Marmoush … but Sá intercepts, advancing well outside his area.
GOAL! Manchester City 1-0 Wolves (De Bruyne 35)
It’s been building over the last few minutes and here it is. City win the ball in midfield and the spaces open up, with Doku beating his man inside the area before pulling back for the advancing De Bruyne. The veteran connects well enough with the bobbling ball, the first-time hit giving City the lead.
33 min … O’Reilly drifts into the area and shoots over the bar but City are finally clicking.
32 min Doku crosses from the left, Toti heads away but City have now set up camp inside the Wolves half …
