As if he wanted to add some extra strength to his Player of the Year trophy. Kevin De Bruyne immediately made his mark at his season opener with Manchester City visiting Wolverhampton. The Red Devil broke the spell for his club in the difficult away game by provoking a penalty and converting it himself for the opening goal in a match that City won 1-3.
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De Bruyne also turned out to be an orchestra master after the 0-1. He started the 0-2 with a watched through pass, the broken Raheem Sterling was not selfish and let Phil Foden kick the double lead in goal. On the stroke of half time De Bruyne even had his second of the evening on the foot, but the upper body of goalkeeper Rui Patricio kept the Wolves straight when the Belgian showed up again in front of the Wolverhampton goal.
After the break, however, the Cityzens had a lot more problems with the home team. Daniel Podence and Raul Jimenez did not have a few excellent chances on the connection goal between the posts. The 1-2 eventually fell, twelve minutes before the end, and it was no coincidence that the two aforementioned players were combined. Podence first ported De Bruyne before giving the ideal cross for Jimenez, who headed in untenable. Red Devil Leander Dendoncker, who had just come in for the home team, was immediately allowed to participate.
City was still nervous, but the ‘Wolves’ got no further than that. On the contrary: while they mainly spent the last minutes of injury time on the corner flag, Gabriel Jesus pulled in in the final second and saw his deviated shot disappear into goal: 1-3. Manchester City, which saw its first league match postponed after a long European campaign, has its first three-pointer. Wolverhampton is behind with a three out of six.
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