The departure of de Bruyne shows importance with just aiming

The gift of separating Kevin de Bruyne in Manchester City may be playing a key role in a club that qualifies for the Champions League.

Belgian, who will leave Etihad at the end of the season after City decided not to offer him a new contract, scored the only goal 10 minutes before the break, while the side of Pep Guardiole rode happiness against Wolves.

The victory moved the city above Newcastle and to the third in the Premier League, but it was a victory built as much on Fortune as Flair.

Kevin de Bruyne hits Manchester City in her penultimate match on Etihada! ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/pefjbewvv9s

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Impressive wolves deserved more

Wolves arrived at the back of the winning series of six games and it turned out that they had created a better chance in the first half and, while their capabilities were more sporadic after the interruption, they were still threatened with a threat.

Vitor Pereira instilled in a new conviction since he took over his duty and Wolves probably deserved more after hitting wooden material twice and spending other presentation openings.

Their Brazilian core Andre, Joao Gomes and Matheus Cunha caused city problems all night. Indeed, the only thing that lacked their game was the killer.

Twice they approached the opening of scoring in the first half just to prevent them from lack of quality when it is really important.

The city early threat didn’t really mean much – Omar Marmoush shot with the best efforts – while at the other end, Pereir’s men were supposed to take the lead after 22 minutes.

A great movement move saw Cunha playing a defense to separate the ball left by Jean-Aricner Bellegarda in the clear right side of the goal. Instead of shooting, he decided to install him in the unmarked Marshall Munets, but he overcomes the passage and the chance is lost.

They came four more minutes later, and Burst Rayan Ait-Nouri culminated in a shot that collapsed from Ederson’s left post. The ball bounced back to the left wing, but his tracking was deleted from the Josko Guardiol line.

De Bruyne drives to rescue – again

After looking at the sea, City immediately went to the other end and opened scorings after 35 minutes.

Andre lost the ball in the middle of the terrain, Ilkay Gundogan found Jeremy Loca, and the wing player was perfect for De Bruyne to shoot next to Jose S.

This was probably the penultimate home match of De Bruyne before heading to the destination that was just established – the morning reports connected him to the fire in Chicago at MLS – and the city fans withdrew for a moment.

Having spent most of the opening period, fighting for liquid, City improved after a break with De Bruyne, taking control of the middle of the field.

But with Erling Haaland not yet sufficiently suitable for the beginning, although his presence on the bench after the absence of six games was welcomed by city fans, the hosts struggled to go through the wolves.

So close! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/IX9RW69OE2

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Cunha offers a permanent threat

Wolves’ ranks forward were rare, but with Cunha in the ranks, the city’s defense could not relax. And forward to forward was almost equalized by the equalizer from nothing after 56 minutes, finding the yard of the space on the edge of the area and demolished the shot toward the upright.

The rest of the game saw the city content to retain control of possession and territory without doing much with that.

And with Wolves’ threat, the competition pulled out.

City will now spend the weekend checking their rivals for the first five ending knowing that their job has been done.