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  • Transfer: Man City sign midfielder for £53m

    Transfer: Man City sign midfielder for £53m

    Manchester City have signed Wolves midfielder Matheus Nunes on a five-year deal.

    After overcoming some minor sticking points in final negotiations over an initial £47.3 million ($59.9 million) deal on Wednesday night, both clubs were able to come to an agreement on a £53 million move – a club-record sale for Wolves.

    Nunes became Wolves’ record signing when he joined from Sporting Lisbon for an initial £38 million last summer on a five-year contract with the option of a further 12 months.

    However, the 25-year-old Portugal international was keen to move to the Etihad Stadium and did not train with Wolves in order to push the move through.

    Nunes told the club’s official website: “I’m so happy to be joining Manchester City, the champions of Europe and a club I’ve admired for a long time.

    “The opportunity to work under Pep Guardiola, one of the greatest managers ever, and alongside some of the best players in the world was something I couldn’t turn down.”

    Midfielder Tommy Doyle, 21, heads the other way, joining the Molineux club on a season-long loan with the option to make the switch permanent next summer.

    Doyle’s exit follows that of fellow City academy product Cole Palmer, who has joined Chelsea on a seven-year contract.

  • EPL: Match officials punished for denying Wolves genuine penalty against Manchester United

    EPL: Match officials punished for denying Wolves genuine penalty against Manchester United

    Referee Simon Hooper, video assistant ref Michael Sailsbury and assistant VAR Richard West have all been dropped for this weekend’s engagement following their wrong decision by not awarding Wolves a penalty in the season opener against Manchester United.

    Manchester United defeated Wolves by  1-0 courtesy of Raphael Varane’s second-half header.

    However, they should have conceded a late penalty after Andre Onana clattered into Sasa Kalajdzic and Craig Dawson in the final minute of injury time.

     

    Replays showed that Onana missed the ball entirely, before making contact with the two Wolves players.

    Hooper decided on the pitch that it was not a penalty and the VAR check also agreed with him.

    Speaking in the immediate aftermath of the defeat, O’Neil revealed that Jon Moss, manager of the Premier League’s elite group of officials, had admitted that the visitors should have been awarded a spot kick.

  • Man Utd beat Wolves to strengthen top-four spot

    Man Utd beat Wolves to strengthen top-four spot

    Manchester United bounced back from consecutive Premier League defeats by beating Wolverhampton Wanderers at Old Trafford to strengthen their bid for a top-four finish.

    Erik ten Hag’s side had lost to Brighton and West Ham to give Liverpool – who were one point behind in fourth at the start of the day – hope of snatching a Champions League spot at their expense.

    But Anthony Martial opened the scoring in the first half before Alejandro Garnacho added a second in stoppage time to secure a win that moved Manchester United four points clear of the Reds with three games remaining.

    With Marcus Rashford out through injury, it looked like being a difficult day in front of goal for the hosts as they missed a number of decent chances, particularly through Antony.

    The winger curled an effort just wide after racing into space before sending a header over from close range when unmarked.

    But Antony provided the assist for the first-half breakthrough when he was played in by Bruno Fernandes and he unselfishly squared to Martial for the tap-in.

    Antony had another opportunity to get on the scoresheet in the second half but he drove a shot just wide of the post after being set up by a Fernandes backheel.

    However, substitute Garnacho finally got Manchester United’s second when he raced through in the fifth minute of stoppage time before firing past Dan Bentley in the Wolves goal.

    The visitors rarely threatened as they finished the game without a shot on target.

    Manchester United remain fourth but are level on 66 points with Newcastle in third. Wolves, meanwhile, are 13th.

    BBC

  • EPL: Wolves compound Chelsea’s woes, Newcastle beat Brentford to reclaim 3rd position

    EPL: Wolves compound Chelsea’s woes, Newcastle beat Brentford to reclaim 3rd position

    It was a bad day  for Frank Lampard on his second coming as interim manager as Chelsea football club again failed to secure three maximum points as they surrendered to the superior firepower of Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Molineux.

    Matheus Nunes screamer in the 31st minute made the difference in the thrilling encounter.

    Chelsea huffed and puffed in the second half but failed to test Jose Sa in the Wolves’ goal.

    The result left Chelsea 11th on the log as they have only managed to win just four games in almost 21 matches in the EPL.

    Meanwhile,Brentford’s Ivan Toney converted the second penalty of the game to put his side ahead after missing the first one and seeing  his goal  chalked off for offside.

    They were run away winners at halftime.

    However, Newcastle rallied back  after the restart and turned the game with two goals in six minutes, courtesy of Alexander Isak and David Raya’s unfortunate own goal.

    As a result of their fifth straight Premier League win, the Magpies went back third, level on points with Manchester United, though with a vastly-superior goal difference.

    Brentford, meanwhile, have won just one of their last five league games, which will not help their outside chances of European qualification.

     

     

  • EPL: Wolves humiliate Liverpool, Manchester united defeat Palace to go 3rd

    EPL: Wolves humiliate Liverpool, Manchester united defeat Palace to go 3rd

    Liverpool’s inconsistent form continued following their 3-0 loss to Wolves away from home in week 21 game of the English Premier League at the Molineux.

    Liverpool Cameroonian defender, Joel Matip scored an own goal in the 5th minute before, Craig Dawnson latched on to a loose ball in the 12th minute to put Wolves 2-0 up.

    Upon resumption in the second half, Liverpool tried all they could to score but their effort proved abortive as the home side again capitalized on a counter to put  Wolves 3-0 and beyond the reach of the Reds.

    Result meant Liverpool are presently occupying the 10th position on the EPL league standing.

    Meanwhile at Old Trafford, Manchester United defeated Crystal Palace 2-1 to secure all three points and close the gap on league leaders Arsenal.

    The Portuguese Bruno fernandez scored from the penalty spot in the 7th minute, Rashford scored in the 62nd minute to put Manchester United 2-0 up, however a moment of drama saw Casemiro sent off thereby reducing Manchester United players to 10.

    Crystal Palace put one back towards end of second half through Jeffrey Schupp but it wasn’t enough to secure anything in the game.

    Manchester United are now placed third on the log with 42points in 21 games.

  • FA Cup: Liverpool zoom past Wolves 1-0 at the Molineux stadium

    FA Cup: Liverpool zoom past Wolves 1-0 at the Molineux stadium

    Liverpool on Tuesday night zoomed past Wolves in the second leg of this  season FA cup third round  encounter at the Molineux.

    Liverpool had played out a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the encounter at Anfield.

    Jurgen Klopp’s side came in for scathing criticsm after losing their last two Premier League games in desultory fashion at Brighton and Brentford.

    Elliot received a pass from a teammate dashed forward and chose to send a long range shot towards the on rushing goalie, Hugo Lloris.

    The young lad’s goal was what Liverpool needed to book qualification to the fourth round of the competition.

    The Reds’ dismal 3-0 defeat at Brighton on Saturday left them languishing in ninth place in the Premier League, 10 points adrift of the top four.

    In the bout of soul-searching that followed that embarrassment, Klopp said his struggling team needed to go “back to basics”.

    Amid mounting questions about Klopp’s own future at Anfield, the German said this week that he will not leave the club unless he is forced to and hinted at changes in his squad during the summer.

    – Tenacious Liverpool –
    Sa was caught too far off his line but that should not detract from the quality of Elliott’s first goal since October.

    Snapping into tackles and winning second balls, Liverpool were showing more hunger and tenacity than in recent weeks.

    Gakpo was still searching for his first Liverpool goal in his third appearance since signing from PSV Eindhoven.

    The Netherlands forward nearly broke his duck with a dipping volley that flashed just over.

    Gakpo was replaced by Salah for the last 25 minutes, but it was Wolves who finished strongly with Ruben Neves’ free-kick narrowly clearing the crossbar.

    Wolves’ best chance to draw level came when Jimenez couldn’t head home on the goalline from Traore’s cross as Joe Gomez got the crucial block.

    Klopp will have been especially pleased by the sight of Liverpool’s defenders throwing their bodies in the way of every Wolves attack in a frantic finale.

    Elsewhere, Championship side Birmingham survived a scare in their 2-1 win at third-tier Forest Green.

    In a delayed third-round clash after the original tie was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, Ben Stevenson’s brilliant long-range strike put Forest Green ahead after eight minutes.

    But Lukas Jutkiewicz grabbed Birmingham’s equaliser with a low finish in the 50th minute.

    And Kevin Long killed off League One’s bottom club in the 65th minute when he netted after Forest Green failed to clear a corner.

    Birmingham will face second-tier Blackburn in the fourth round.

    Result meant Liverpool will will slug it out with Brighton in the fourth round of the competition at the American City Stadium.

     

  • EPL: Rashford secures three points for Manchester United against Wolves

    EPL: Rashford secures three points for Manchester United against Wolves

    David de Gea made two fantastic saves in the first  half while on-form forward Marcus Rashford rescued Manchester United from dropping two points in the last away game of 2022.

    De Gea’s first save   against Neves from the free-kick was impressive but the second from Jimenez was such a good reaction save.

    It was an enthralling afternoon of football  as the Red Devils secured all three points on the day they climbed to the fourth position on the log courtesy of Rashford’s solitary goal.

    Wolves showed further signs of improvement under Julen Lopetegui, but did not offer enough in attack to warrant taking something from the game.

    Wolves are still rooted in bottom three and wallowing in relegation waters.

  • EPL: Arsenal beat Wolves 2-0 to go five points clear at the top

    EPL: Arsenal beat Wolves 2-0 to go five points clear at the top

    Arsenal extended the gap between it and second placed Manchester City to Five points on Saturday night after defeating bottom place Wolves by 2-0 courtesy of goals from Martin Odegaard.

    The result meant the Gunners will occupy the top spot at Christmas for the first time in 15 years.

    Findings show that teams that lead at Christmas most times go to win the league and this has been demonstrated many times by Manchester City.

    Meanwhlle, Captain Martin Odegaard was the star of the match  as he scored a brace to seal the three points in the second half.

    The Norwegian was once again spectacular for the Gunners – and he opened the scoring with Arsenal yet to hit top gear in the clash.

    Odegaard has been tipped to be a top talent ever since he moved to Real Madrid as a 16-year-old.

    However, Arteta has managed to unlock the greatness in Odegaard this season, which he failed to display at Los Blancos, and he was at his very best against Wolves.

    Gabriel Jesus was hailed as one of the signings of the summer earlier this season – but the Brazilian has since gone off the boil.

    Jesus has now failed to find the back of the net in his last 11 appearances for the Gunners. While Jesus’ threat has continued to transform Arsenal’s attack, his continued struggles in front of goal will be a concern for Arteta & co.

    Jesus played a pivotal role in Arsenal’s first, but he wasn’t able to register a goal or an assist.

    The hosts are bottom of the table heading into the World Cup break as the teams left with contrasting emotions on Saturday night.

  • Wolves out of relegation zone after pipping Nottingham Forest 1-0

    Wolves out of relegation zone after pipping Nottingham Forest 1-0

    Wolves secured three maximun points at the Molineux after defeating Newly promoted side Nottingham Forest by 1-0 courtesy of Ruben Neve’s penalty goal.

    Steve Davis’ side is now out of the relegation zone and presently occupying the 17th position.

    Meanwhile, opponent Nottingham Forest are still languishing on the bottom of the log after managing five points from ten EPL Games.

    Another promoted side Fulham played out a 2-2 draw with Bournemouth on match day 10, Dominic Solanke had put the visitors up early in the first half before Diop equalized.

    Lerma then scored for the Cherries to re-take the lead as Bournemouth headed into the half-time interval 2-1 up.

    The Serbian player Aleksandar  Miltrovic equalized for Fulham from the penalty spot to level things up for the cottagers.

    The result meant Fulham now occupying the 10th position after 10 games thereby pushing Liverpool  to 11th on the log with just eight games.

     

     

     

     

  • Diego Costa tells Chelsea fans why he left

    Diego Costa tells Chelsea fans why he left

    Wolves striker Diego Costa took aim at Tottenham boss Antonio Conte after defeat at Chelsea.

    It marked his return to the Blues after being bombed out while Conte was in charge.

    Post-match, he opened up about his fondness still for the west Londoners four years on from his exit. Interestingly enough, a little shot was aimed in Conte’s direction to explain where it went wrong and where the relationship strained a little during the latter days.

    He said to the foreign media post-match: “I’ve never had a problem with the fans. I left in bad terms with *that* manager, I left a champion for the second time, and he didn’t count on me. That was nothing I could do. I had to leave. Today showed that I did not leave on bad terms with the fans.

    “It’s very special. It’s the feeling that in the time that you spent here, you did good work and left good memories. Chelsea fans always treated me very well. I was always surprised by the way they treated me. It’s satisfying.”