Raheem Sterling scored his 100th Premier League goal as Manchester City beat 10-man Wolves 1-0 following Raul Jimenez's foolish first-half red card.
2021/2022 Premier League
1-0
Match Report
At the end of a sleepy opening half, Jimenez inexplicably saw red for two yellow cards in the space of just 31 seconds, first for a foul on halfway and then for attempting to block the resulting free-kick.
City finally broke the deadlock with a controversial penalty award - Bernardo Silva's cross hit Joao Moutinho's armpit, though Jon Moss and VAR adjudged the ball to have hit enough of the midfielder's arm - allowing Sterling to reach his Premier League century from the spot, the 32nd player to do so and the eighth-youngest at 27 years old.
The result means City extend their winning Premier League run to seven, and will end the weekend top of the Premier League, while Wolves are now winless and without a goal in four.
Match Events
0' The match is about to start!
9' CLOSE! Silva's shot wide out
19' Jesus goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!
39' Yellow Card! Ruben Dias booked
42' Yellow Card! Rodri booked
46' Second Yellow Card! Jimenez sent off
52' Kilman handball overlooked by ref
52' CLOSE! Jesus' shot over the bar
53' Sterling goes down in the box but ref says no penalty!
55' Coady makes goal-line clearance to deny Gundogan
65' Penalty Goal! Man City 1-0 Wolves (Sterling)
70' What a miss from Grealish!
80' CLOSE! Jesus' shot denied by Jose Sa
Line-ups
Man City XI: Gundogan, Sterling, Cancelo, Laporte, Ederson, Grealish, Zinchenko, Ruben Dias, Bernardo, Jesus, Rodri
Subs: Fernandinho, Walker, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Ake, Stones, Z. Steffen, Foden, C. Palmer
Wolves XI: Moutinho, Coady, Jimenez, Saiss, Dendoncker, Semedo, Jose Sa, Traore, Neves, Kilman, R. Aït Nouri
Subs: Ruddy, Marcal, Boly, Podence, Hwang Hee-Chan, Trincão, Fábio Silva, Hoever, Cundle