supercity88
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A brilliant performance. A lot of doom and gloom on here beforehand because of a lack of preseason and fewer signings than we had expected/hoped for.
Energy levels were key. The front three and De Bruyne pressed relentlessly and Ferny and Rodri mopped up anything else. Walker and Mendy pushed up high as well and it enabled our centre backs the protection they need not to be caught out. The whole side looked so much better because of the efforts across the park in defending. Back to the City a couple of seasons ago. Brilliant.
Wolves were always going to come back at us when 2-0 down. The fitness levels were telling, and we did really well to keep them at bay and then get the winner. I don't think it was for any reason other than fitness that they were able to put so many chances together in the second half. An excellent run out and performance that puts us in a good place ahead of Leicester. More signings to come hopefully and the likes of Laporte, Gundogan, Aguero, Bernardo still to come back.
Torres didn't play for long but showed that he will be able to play that pressing game without a problem and looked very comfortably technically.
Gabby got targeted a bit in the first half from their defenders so it was good to see him take on that physical challenge and leave his foot in on their defenders a couple of times.
Energy levels were key. The front three and De Bruyne pressed relentlessly and Ferny and Rodri mopped up anything else. Walker and Mendy pushed up high as well and it enabled our centre backs the protection they need not to be caught out. The whole side looked so much better because of the efforts across the park in defending. Back to the City a couple of seasons ago. Brilliant.
Wolves were always going to come back at us when 2-0 down. The fitness levels were telling, and we did really well to keep them at bay and then get the winner. I don't think it was for any reason other than fitness that they were able to put so many chances together in the second half. An excellent run out and performance that puts us in a good place ahead of Leicester. More signings to come hopefully and the likes of Laporte, Gundogan, Aguero, Bernardo still to come back.
Torres didn't play for long but showed that he will be able to play that pressing game without a problem and looked very comfortably technically.
Gabby got targeted a bit in the first half from their defenders so it was good to see him take on that physical challenge and leave his foot in on their defenders a couple of times.