If this was the game that gave Liverpool their first Premier League title, it will live long in Pep Guardiola’s memory for all the wrong reasons.
Down to 10 men for all but the first 11 minutes after goalkeeper Ederson was sent off, Raheem Sterling’s double appeared to have helped Manchester City cut Liverpool’s lead to 11 points, only for goals from Adama Traore, Raul Jimenez and Matt Doherty to give Wolves a stunning victory.
Yet those details tell only a fraction of the story of this remarkable match.
Wolves completed a crazy comeback to deny Manchester City the chance to move second with a winner from Matt Doherty
Raul Jimenez equalised for Wolves with eight minutes to go after great work from Adama Traore down the right wing
Wolves winger Adama Traore pulls a goal back for the hosts by rifling the ball from outside the area into the bottom corner
Traore celebrates giving Wolves a lifeline in the game as they searched for an equaliser despite having a man advantage
Sterling showed him how it should be done moments later. The England forward was released by an even better pass from De Bruyne and dummied Patricio before lifting the ball casually beyond him. Guardiola pumped his fists on the touchline, perhaps believing the job was nearly done.
The home fans continued to rage, perplexed that first Jonny and then Jota were denied penalty claims following tussles with Garcia and Walker. Atkinson probably got both calls right, yet there were no doubts about the goal Wolves did score.
Traore had largely been kept quiet by Mendy yet he kept pushing and had his reward when he beat Bravo with a low drive from 25 yards that cannoned in off a post.
Driven on by their fans’ fury and the subtlety of Joao Moutinho, Wolves pressed for the equaliser. Traore, Matt Doherty and Raul Jimenez all came close but it was a City howler that handed it to them.
Mendy had ample time to thrash the ball clear but he tried to shepherd it out of play. Traore robbed him, squared it and Jimenez did the rest from inside the six-yard box. Then in the final minute of normal time, Doherty took a sublime back-heeled return pass from Jimenez and found Bravo’s bottom-right corner from the edge of the box. If Liverpool don’t win it from here, they may wonder if they ever will.
Source: Dailymail Sport
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