Wolves’ attacking verve offers new approach to facing Manchester City | Nick Miller

26 August 2018 09:30
Contained but courageous, Nuno Espírito Santo’s tactics posed Pep Guardiola’s champions serious problems at MolineuxTo give an idea of how well Wolves played on Saturday, Pep Guardiola did not seem especially upset that his side took only a point against them. That is Manchester City: best team in the land and widely expected to win the Premier League by about a million points, not unhappy with a draw against a newly promoted team.It was not just that Wolves played well at Molineux but rather the manner of how they approached the game that was impressive. This was a lesson in controlled positivity, a balance between attack and defence and maybe an example of how to play against this City side. Furthermore it was proof that defence and damage limitation does not have to be the default against the defending champions. Related: Manchester City rely on Aymeric Laporte to share spoils with Wolves Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian