Minute-by-minute updates from the 8pm GMT kick-offGuardiola says City will not pay £100m for NevesSend your emails to Simon here | Or tweet @Simon_Burnton 7.54pm GMT “That Man City bench though. Is quite intimidating,” writes Ian Copestake. “One realises what an amazing feat it is to even have a semblance of a title race.” Agüero and De Bruyne, that’s basically cheating. 7.48pm GMT Pep Guardiola talks, first about his player’s mindset:The mindset was good for 16, 17 months. We don’t have complaints about that. The players don’t have to feel bad because they were outstanding for many, many months. All we can do is try to do our job. We cannot be involved in Liverpool’s games, only when we play each other. Focus on what we have to do, try to do our game. The opponents are good, they have a lot of points, and if you want to have a chance to compete with them until the end we have to win points.They are doing incredible so far. Newly promoted and a lot of points and they are already in the comfortable zone and playing good football. They are a strong team on set-pieces, they’re so fast in front, they have a lot of quality in the middle. We know that. 7.36pm GMT “Hugely irritated by the brainless use of both landscape and portrait for the Wolves players photos,” says David Young. “Real blight on the game.”It’s not a one-off, either: 7.22pm GMT Nuno Espirito Santo has a chat, about whether his players are looking forward to tonight’s match:They are always looking forward to big challenges, and today no doubt about it it’s a big, big challenge. [Our record against the top teams] helps the work, it helps the belief, the confidence, the process of building a team ready to compete. All the matches in the Premier League are very hard and our approach is always the same. We will play against a fantastic team. The basics in football: to be organised, disciplined and play the game. 7.16pm GMT Dressing-room watch: I do like the photographs stuck above each player’s kit cubbyhole here, just in case the name and number isn’t enough of a clue for them. 7.04pm GMT The teams are in! And here they are:Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Danilo, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, Silva, Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Sane. Subs: Gundogan, Aguero, De Bruyne, Delph, Mahrez, Otamendi, Muric. Wolverhampton Wanderers: Rui Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Neves, Jonny, Joao Moutinho, Jimenez, Jota. Subs: Ivan Cavaleiro, Helder Costa, Gibbs-White, John Ruddy, Saiss, Ruben Vinagre, Traore. Referee: Craig Pawson.Your #mancity team to face Wolves tonight! City XI | Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Danilo, Fernandinho, Silva (C), Sane, Sterling, Bernardo, JesusSubs | Muric, Gündogan, Agüero, De Bruyne, Delph, Mahrez, OtamendiPresented by @HAYSWorldwide ?? #MCIWOL pic.twitter.com/7pNKaQLPNjHere's how Wolves line-up for tonight's @premierleague fixture against @ManCity. #MCIWOL pic.twitter.com/b79gnsDI9p 4.46pm GMT Hello world!So the first thing to point out, which you might not have noticed during another weekend packed with, you know, hours and minutes and the kind of distractions that those things often bring, is that Liverpool won again. Their lead over Manchester City at the top of the table is currently seven points, with Tottenham nine points off the pace, Chelsea 10 points away and Arsenal and Manchester United 16 point behind and more likely to be renamed after Hogwarts houses and forced to play in deely boppers than they are to be crowned champions of England this year. Continue readingreadfullarticle
