Manchester City 1, Wolves 0: Bill Howell's player ratings and match statistics
HENNESSEY.....................7
Tested by a couple of Tevez efforts, he came out with his head held high against ex club.
STEARMAN.....................6
Troubled early on by Robinho, but settled down and could have got an equaliser at the death.
H CRADDOCK.................8
Used his experience to marshall a defence that was stretched early on but restricted City later.
MANCIENNE....................6
Struggled against Adebayor early on, but stuck gamely to his task on a difficult afternoon.
WARD.............................7
Looks the part at full-back or further up the field, although he was left for dead for the goal.
HALFORD........................5
Perhaps feeling the effects of the Wigan game, he was not at the races and was replaced.
EDWARDS.......................6
Some moments to savour and others to forget, but he raised his game after the break.
HENRY............................7
Not as deep as he had been at Wigan, but gave as good as he got against Barry and Ireland.
MILIJAS...........................5
Two subdued performances after an opening-day cracker, he failed to get into the game.
JARVIS............................7
Forced Given into a great save with a fine shot, good on the ball but was wasteful late on.
KEOGH............................8
Smashed a terrific shot against the woodwork and again looked a class act.
SUBSTITUTES:
Elokobi (for Halford, ht) strong as an ox and ever popular, he added some punch to Wolves’ attack down the left..................7
doyle (for Milijas, ht) looked extremely sharp, his introduction ruffled City’s backline and came close to an equaliser..................8
Not used: Hahnemann, Surman, Jones, Berra, Vokes.
MAN CITY (4-3-3): Given; Richards, Dunne, Toure, Bridge; Wright-Phillips, Ireland, Barry; Tevez (Bellamy, 73), Adebayor, Robinho (De Jong, 83). Not used: Taylor, Onuoha, Zabaleta, Petrov, Weiss.
BOOKING: Stearman (foul, 30) – Wolves.
CROWD WATCH........................8
Around 2,500 kept faith until the end. Attendance: 47,287.
REF WATCH...............................8
L Mason (Bolton): Just one card and didn’t fall for Wright-Phillips dive.
GAME RATING.........................8
Plenty of City chances and a rousing finale from Wolves, a terrific save by Shay Given and the woodwork saved City.
INJURY WATCH
Nothing new but Ebanks-Blake (hamstring), Foley (knee) and Iwelumo (broken metatarsal) remain on the treatment table.
WHO’S NEXT UP FOR WOLVES?
Swindon (h) tomorrow, 7.45pm.
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