The ref does need a mention, as does the inconsistency in the extra time from the time keepers.
The crowd were reffing that game at times and they knew it, so started shouting even louder for all the calls they wanted. The ref also set the bar for fouls early, at a place that suited Wolves far more than it did City, leading to a very physical game. He fell for too much of their play acting as well, Cunha was absolutely shameless with it and should have been booked multiple times for simulation IMO. To top it off, the winning goal was scored by a player who shouldn't have been on the pitch for catching Walker on the shin with his studs in the first half, while already on a yellow card. He bottled it because of the crowd.
We've had more stoppage time than 6mins against teams who wasted far less time than Wolves did in that second half and they were allowed to waste most of that 6minutes too.
Having said all that, we should have been able to overcome all that had we been at it, it's standing out more because we weren't. The biggest reason we lost(besides Wolves doing their bit) was at least some of the stink of that second half performance against Newcastle carried on into this game. I can't have been the only one concerned that would happen. As bad as Philips was, it showed it wasn't all his fault, the team balance was off, too many areas of the pitch where it looked more like a collection of individuals doing their own thing, than it normally does. We were lacking in midfield and not creating enough up top. When Akanji, Walker and Ake are making multiple crosses into the box(all unsuccessful), you know the team is getting desperate. Weren't two of our shots in the second half from Akanji and Walker as well?
