The drama began when the teamsheets dropped 75 minutes before kick-off, with Erling Haaland and Phil Foden both dropped from City’s starting XI. New signing Marc Guehi, meanwhile, was drafted into City’s defence, replacing Max Alleyne.

ERLING HAALAND finally got the chance to put his feet up – and Manchester City showed they can cope pretty well without him. The overworked Norwegian striker was left on the bench by Pep Guardiola

Wolverhampton Wanderers stretchered their Premier League unbeaten streak to four matches with a scoreless draw against poor Newcastle United on Sunday.

Richard: Decided lack of quality from Newcastle. With the exception of Harvey Barnes, all our attacking options are off form. Credit to Wolves, who will take points off a lot of teams before the end of the season, but really we ought to be winning these games by the odd goal. This whole season is just us falling short everywhere.

Report and free match highlights as Manchester City won 2-0 against Wolves at the Etihad Stadium; Omar Marmoush and Antoine Semenyo scored as Erling Haaland was dropped to the bench; Marc Guehi made his debut;

Stan: As a Wolves supporter, and having played football most of my life, I have to say it is clear they do not have the talent. After selling any players of note and a terrible recruitment of players, it is a certainty they will be lucky to stay in the ...

It's been a long time coming, but Wolves have their first win of the Premier League season and have done so while piling pressure on bottom three rival West Ham United.