Wolves 2 - 1 Manchester City

It was the Wolves as we knew them as we clinched our first win in eight games and at times, it wasn't as tricky as the scoreline suggested.

But the first 20 minutes belonged to City, who had squandered chances through Emmanuel Adebayor and Mario Balotelli, but shortly after, Richard Stearman needlessly slid in on David Silva near the byline to give a penalty to the visitors, which was coolly converted by Adebayor. After the restart we started playing playing through some fantastic wing play and the chances came flooding in. Dave Edwards was denied twice by Joe Hart then the crossbar within a minute. But the equaliser came when Matt Jarvis' cross was deflected into the path into the one man you would want the ball to fall to inside the 'D', Nenad Milijas, who volleyed low into the bottom corner despite Hart getting a hand to it. And we looked like the team most likely to score the next goal, and that showed when Vincent Kompany persistantly fouled the sublime Kevin Doyle without getting a booking.

Second half started like the first ended, City looked as though they were lacking cohesion by the minute and it was costly as a poor Kolo Toure clearance from Kevin Foley's cross fell to Doyle, whose shot was blocked by Hart and Edwards kept composed and slotted in to give us the lead. After that, City threw the kitchen sink, forcing our backs to the wall, bringing Jo and Adam Johnson, who terrorised our left side. Whilst the defence were lofting high and long balls, Silva dropped deep for the ball and tried to make things happen, all to no avail as nobody wanted to know. Adebayor was wasting more chances and Mario Balotelli being a petulant drama queen wasn't helping the team. Our unity was epitomised when Michael Mancienne put in a magnificant tackle on Johnson in stoppage time before being mobbed by the rest of the team.

It was a great performance which shows that you can't buy team spirit. Next stop: Old Trafford. Piece of cake, according to Super Mick McCarthy, and why not?

'Grobs'

LINE-UPS

WOLVES (4-5-1): Hahnemann, Foley, Stearman, Berra, Ward; Jarvis (Mouyokolo 88), Edwards, Henry, Milijas (Mancienne 83), Hunt (Elokobi 65); Doyle

MAN CITY (4-1-3-2): Hart; Richards (Jo 83), Kolo Toure , Kompany, Boateng; Yaya Toure; Milner, Barry (Johnson 68),  Silva; Adebayor (Zabeleta 77), Balotelli

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