Manchester City (Man City), led by ‘monster striker’ Elling Halan (Norway), defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers, replaced by Hwang Hee-chan.
Manchester City beat Wolverhampton 3-0 in the away match of the 2022-2023 English Premier League (EPL) 8th round held at Molyne Stadium in Wolverhampton, England on the 17th thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Halan and Phil Foden.
Nathan Collins was sent off in the 33rd minute of the first half and Wolverhampton, who was at a disadvantage, mightn’t keep up.
Hwang Hee-chan, who played with Halan in Salzburg (Austria) in the past, was replaced with Gonzalu Geds in the 25th minute of the second half to face an old teammate, but the team’s defeat might not be prevented.
Hwang Hee-chan has no attack point following scoring one assist in the first round once morest Leeds United.
Manchester City, who have gone undefeated in 7 matches (5 wins, 2 draws), including 3 consecutive wins in the league, have accumulated 17 points and climbed to the top of the table, beating Arsenal (15 points, 5 wins and 1 loss), which has not played one game yet.
Wolverhampton moved down to 16th place (6 points, 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses).
Manchester City took the lead with a goal in the first minute of the match.
Kevin De Bruyne took a cross from the right flank, and Grealish rushed in and kicked it with his left foot.
Then, in the 16th minute of the first half, following receiving a pass from Bernardo Silva, Halan drove the ball into a penalty arc and rushed into it, then scored the team’s second goal with a relentless right-footed shot.
It was Halan’s 11th goal of the season.
Halan, who plays unrivaled in his Manchester City jersey this season, scored 11 goals in 7 EPL matches and maintained the top scorer in the league.
In addition, he became the first player in EPL history to score goals in all his first four away matches, and, including the UEFA Champions League group stage matches, operated seven consecutive official matches.
Wolverhampton conceded two goals in vain, and Collins was sent off in the 33rd minute of the first half.
Collins, who was fighting for the ball in midfield with Grealish, was ordered to send off the ball by striking him in the abdomen with a stud.
Wolverhampton tried to counterattack with Geds and others, but they were already defeated.
In the 24th minute of the second half, Man City secured the victory with Foden’s extra goal following receiving a pass from De Bruyne.
One minute later, Wolverhampton put in Hwang Hee-chan and Boubacar Traore, but they were not spared a loss.
Whoscore.com, a soccer statistics website, gave Hwang Hee-chan a score of 6.0 following the game.
While the Wolverhampton players who were defeated generally received ratings in the 5-6 range, Grealish received 8.6 points, Joao Cancelo 8.5 points, and De Bruyne 8.0 points in Manchester City.
Hollan scored 7.8 points.
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