John Stones scored one other late purpose at hand Manchester Metropolis a controversial 2-1 win at Wolves.
England centre-half Stones, who additionally netted a 98th-minute leveller at dwelling to Arsenal final month, rose highest to go dwelling Phil Foden’s right-wing nook deep into stoppage time and deny Wolves some extent they arguably deserved for a courageous rearguard motion during which goalkeeper Jose Sa and centre-half Craig Dawson had been very good.
The purpose was checked by VAR for a possible offside in opposition to Bernardo Silva, however he was adjudged to not be in Sa’s eyeline and the purpose stood, a lot to Wolves’ anger.
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The house facet went forward after seven minutes via Jorgen Strand Larsen however Metropolis levelled simply after the half-hour mark via an excellent strike from Josko Gvardiol.
Metropolis dominated the second half however regarded as if they’d be annoyed till Stones’ late intervention.
The end result means Pep Guardiola’s males transfer two factors away from Liverpool, who host Chelsea within the late sport.
Strand Larsen strikes
Wolves had misplaced all three of their earlier dwelling video games within the Premier League this season so it got here as a significant shock once they went forward from their first assault of be aware.
Some neat play in midfield noticed the ball performed out to Nelson Semedo down the fitting flank and his inviting cross eluded the backtracking Metropolis defenders and Strand Larsen was readily available to fit dwelling on the far put up.
Metropolis virtually equalised inside two minutes however Sa made the primary of a robust of excellent saves, diving low to his proper to palm clear Silva’s snapshot.
Wolves had been defending deep however nonetheless carried a risk on the break and so they must have doubled their benefit after 18 minutes when Semedo was performed clear via however his shot was nicely saved by Ederson.
Superb Gvardiol
Metropolis’s monopoly of possession lastly paid dividends after 33 minutes when Gvardiol obtained the ball on the sting of the field and curled a beautiful shot into the highest right-hand nook.
The guests might have gone into halftime in entrance however Sa produced one other good save to maintain out Savinho’s effort.
And Sa, solely enjoying because of an damage to common primary Sam Johnstone, denied Metropolis once more after 53 minutes, protecting out Ruben Dias’ 25-yarder.
Ilkay Gundogan noticed a free-kick deflected vast, Savinho shot over and Sa saved nicely from substitute Jack Grealish as Wolves stored Metropolis out.
It regarded as via Gary O’Neil’s facet would accumulate simply their second level of the season because the seconds ticked down however a succession of corners finally instructed as Stones powered dwelling a header to spark wild scenes from the travelling supporters.
