Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Gary O’Neil admits that overcoming Manchester City, one of the top teams in the world, is really satisfying.
The hosts returned to winning ways with a 2-1 victory over City, moving them up to 13th place. Pedro Neto assisted on the first goal before a Ruben Dias deflection finished with the ball in his own net.
Julian Alvarez equalised from a free kick, but Hwang Hee-chan’s strike gave Wolves the win. “Beating the best team in the world, and possibly ever, is a massive result for us,” O’Neil told BBC Sport.
Julian Alvarez equalised from a free kick, but Hwang Hee-chan’s strike gave Wolves the win. “Beating the best team in the world, and possibly ever, is a massive result for us,” O’Neil told BBC Sport.
“Beating Manchester City with where they are and where we were and what people were saying about it is a big result.” That was a pleasant way to respond. “The season hasn’t started well for us; it’s been a difficult start. Every game, the lads stayed committed and gave their all. The game appeared exactly as we had planned.
“I’m not out here making grand pronouncements. I’m just trying to win a football game. Aston Villa visit us next week, and they won 6-1 today. We can cause them some problems if the preparation goes as smoothly as it did and the lads stick to the plan.
“We needed to be solid while also having enough attacking players to carry us up the pitch.” We did an excellent job of preparing for the game. The lads recognised all of the [patterns] that we examined and executed them flawlessly.”
