Man City 5-1 Wolves: Erling Haaland scores four as City move a point behind Arsenal
Erling Haaland’s first four-goal haul in the Premier League left Manchester City three wins away from an historic fourth successive English league title.
City were given a helping hand they did not need thanks to a favourable 12th-minute penalty decision from referee Craig Pawson.
Haaland sent Wolves keeper Jose Sa the wrong way, then beat the Portuguese from the spot again just before the break after he had been brought down by Nelson Semedo.
In between, the striker had scored with a superb far-post header, climbing to an amazing height unchallenged at the far post, to send Rodri’s cross back across goal and into the corner.
A minute after Hwang Hee-chan had pulled one back for the visitors, Haaland struck again, powering onto Phil Foden’s brilliant lofted pass.
It took the Norwegian onto 25 Premier League goals for the season and five clear of Alexander Isak and Cole Palmer in the Golden Boot standings.
Julian Alvarez finished off the scoring five minutes from time to leave City a point behind Arsenal, but now with three games remaining to the Gunners’ two.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Squad number1Player nameJosé Sá
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Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo
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Squad number23Player nameKilman
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Squad number24Player nameToti Gomes
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Squad number3Player nameAït-Nouri
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Squad number8Player nameJoão Gomes
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Squad number5Player nameLemina
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Squad number6Player nameTraoré
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Squad number17Player nameBueno
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Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan
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Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha
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Squad number4Player nameBueno
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Squad number21Player nameSarabia
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Squad number27Player nameBellegarde
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Squad number62Player nameChirewa
Line-ups
Man City
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 31Ederson
- 2Walker
- 25Akanji
- 6AkéSubstituted forStonesat 69′minutes
- 24Gvardiol
- 16Rodri
- 8Kovacic
- 20Bernardo SilvaSubstituted forDokuat 80′minutes
- 17De BruyneSubstituted forNunesat 79′minutes
- 47FodenSubstituted forGrealishat 80′minutes
- 9HaalandSubstituted forÁlvarezat 82′minutes
Substitutes
- 3Rúben Dias
- 5Stones
- 10Grealish
- 11Doku
- 18Ortega
- 19Álvarez
- 21Gómez
- 27Nunes
- 82Lewis
Wolves
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Sá
- 22Nélson SemedoBooked at 45mins
- 23Kilman
- 24Gomes
- 3Aït-Nouri
- 8João GomesBooked at 66mins
- 5LeminaBooked at 41minsSubstituted forBellegardeat 45′minutes
- 6TraoréBooked at 64mins
- 17BuenoSubstituted forBuenoat 71′minutes
- 11Hwang Hee-chanSubstituted forChirewaat 87′minutes
- 12Matheus CunhaSubstituted forSarabiaat 76′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Doherty
- 4Bueno
- 21Sarabia
- 25Bentley
- 27Bellegarde
- 30González
- 61Okoduwa
- 62Chirewa
- 63Fraser
Live Text
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Match ends, Manchester City 5, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
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Second Half ends, Manchester City 5, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
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Attempt missed. Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.
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Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Toti Gomes.
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Attempt saved. Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tawanda Chirewa replaces Hwang Hee-Chan.
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Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Goal! Manchester City 5, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rodri.
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Substitution, Manchester City. Julián Álvarez replaces Erling Haaland.
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Jack Grealish (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Santiago Bueno (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
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Substitution, Manchester City. Jérémy Doku replaces Bernardo Silva.
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Substitution, Manchester City. Jack Grealish replaces Phil Foden.
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Substitution, Manchester City. Matheus Nunes replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
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Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a cross.
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Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pablo Sarabia replaces Matheus Cunha.
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Foul by Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City).
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João Gomes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rodri.
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