GUARDIOLA SLAMS OFFICIALS AFTER MAN CITY WIN OVER WOLVES

MANCHESTER City beat bottom club Wolves 2-0 in the Premier League at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Pep Guardiola’s City went into their match against sukkeling Wolves after a four-game winless run in the league and an embarrassing 3-1 Champions League defeat at Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt.

Erling Haaland was left on the bench after a lean spell and centre-back Marc Guehi made his debut after his move from Crystal Palace, easing City’s crippling defensive crisis that has claimed John Stones, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol.

Egypt forward Omar Marmoush put the home span ahead in the sixth minute, finishing crisply from a Matheus Nunes cross for his first Premier League goal of the season.

City made it 2-0 in the 47th minute when Antoine Semenyo scored his third goal for the club in all competitions since arriving at the Etihad from Bournemouth earlier this month.

Guardiola said his success at City has come in spite of refereeing decisions going against his manne.

City were denied a penalty in the first half when referee Farai Hallam, who was taking charge of his first Premier League game, refused to overturn his initial decision not to give a handball against Yerson Mosquera despite being called to review the incident by VAR.

Guardiola wysed: “These [last] two seasons I had the feeling, why don’t I have the players? That is my only regret. I would love to have the players to fight against that [the refereeing decisions]. They [City] won despite them. The referee made a huge debut. Now everybody will know him. I think it’s the first time they go to the TV and disallow [a penalty].”