Messi s first player! De Bruyne directly participated in 250 goals, Manchester City won t protect the Champions League without him!

At 3:00 am on May 3, in the 35th round of the 2024-25 Premier League season, a wonderful showdown was staged at the Etihad Stadium, with Manchester City playing against the Wolves in excellent form at home. This game is of great significance to Manchester City, and it is related to their ranking in the standings and the competition for Champions League qualification. In the first half of the game, Doku assisted De Bruyne to score, and Manchester City temporarily led Wolves 1-0. In the second half, Wolves' Cunya hit the post and failed to equalize the score. In the end, Manchester City defeated Wolves 1-0, achieved five consecutive victories in all competitions, and temporarily rose to third place in the standings with one game first. Manchester City is currently ranked third with 64 points, leading the sixth-ranked Forest by 4 points.

In this game, Bernardo Silva started for Manchester City, which is his 400th appearance at Manchester City. Since his debut in August 2017, Silva has grown into a mainstay of the team. During his time at Manchester City, he has won many honors such as four consecutive Premier League titles and Champions League titles.

Judging from the game data, Manchester City leads Wolves 9-6 in terms of shots, with 2-1 shots, and the expected number of goals is 0.65-0.44. Both sides have one goal chance, with Manchester City having a ball possession rate of 64%, and a pass success rate of up to 91%, while Wolves has a ball possession rate of 36%, and a pass success rate of 83%. In terms of fouls, Manchester City has 7 times, Wolves has 11 times, and the number of corner kicks is 4-5.

In this game, Duoku's performance was very impressive. According to media statistics, Doku has scored 6 goals and assisted 9 times this season, with a total of 15 goals participating. This data has tied the number of goals he participated in last season (6 goals and 9 assists), but he played 10 fewer games than last season, showing extremely high efficiency.

And De Bruyne is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to this game. He scored the only goal in the game and was elected as the best player in the game after the game. Not only did De Bruyne contributed 1 goal, he also had a pass success rate of 93%, and he also had 2 steals. It is worth mentioning that data shows that De Bruyne is the first player to score 250 goals under Guardiola since Messi. In just 10 Premier League matches against Wolves, De Bruyne has directly participated in 11 goals, specifically 6 goals and 5 assists, and his performance is amazing.

In addition, Manchester City is currently facing some personnel changes. Haaland is about to come back. He entered the bench in this game but did not play. Manchester City's schedule is also relatively close, with their last three rounds being Southampton, Bournemouth and Fulham. Meanwhile, Manchester City still has one FA Cup final and the Club World Cup in June to play.

In addition, Manchester City has remained unbeaten in 9 consecutive games, with record records in the last 9 games: 2-2 Brighton, 2-1 Bournemouth, 2-0 Leicester City, 0-0 Manchester United, 5-2 Crystal Palace, 2-0 Everton, 2-1 Aston Villa, 2-0 Nottingham Forest, 1-0 Wolves. Such stable performance also laid the foundation for them to win a favorable position in the league. After the game, Manchester City coach Guardiola talked about the game in an interview with Sky Sports. He believes that the result is good in competing for Champions League qualification. Next, the team should focus on winning the 9 points in the remaining three games. If they can get these 9 points, they can achieve their goals, take the initiative in their own hands, and continue to move forward.

Guardiola highly praised the Wolves' challenge. He said that the Wolves are a very outstanding team, with their formation, strength, physical fitness and speed. Manchester City struggled in the game and encountered some difficulties. Fortunately, they are lucky in some aspects than other times this season. After scoring the goal, the team's performance improved and they did some simple things. The result of this game is very important.

When talking about regaining the pace, Guardiola said that the team has won many games in a row, which has helped them to where they are now. Since the match against Bournemouth, they have won all the games except Manchester United, which is why the team is still fighting for the Champions League qualification, otherwise they may have been out.

As the league continues, it is easy to see whether Manchester City can continue to be in good shape in the next game, successfully qualify for the Champions League, and what results they have achieved in the FA Cup finals and the Club World Cup. I believe that under the leadership of Guardiola, Manchester City players will do their best to attack the target.