PREMIER LEAGUE : WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS VS MANCHESTER CITY – 16/08/2025

PREMIER LEAGUE – WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS VS MANCHESTER CITY – 16/08/2025

THE NEVER-ENDING LOVE FOR DIOGO JOTA WAS ONCE AGAIN APPARENT AT THE WOLVES VS MANCHESTER CITY MATCH YESTERDAY, WITH FANS WAVING BANNERS, CLAPPING, AND HOLDING UP PERSONAL TRIBUTES TO THE LEGENDARY PLAYER WHO PLAYED IN THE “NO 18” POSITION FOR WOLVES. DIOGO JOTA’S FAMILY HAD ONCE AGAIN FOUND THE STRENGTH TO ATTEND, AND THE SUPPORTERS THEMSELVES CALLED “THE OLD GOLD PACK” HAD STARTED A FUNDRAISER FOR VARIOUS ARTWORKS AND MURALS OF DIOGO JOTA TO BE PLACED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE STADIUM, AND DIOGO JOTA’S FAVOURITE SONG “FIELDS OF GOLD” WAS PLAYED AROUND THE STADIUM, AT THE SAME TIME THAT A LARGE IMAGE OF DIOGO WAS DISPLAYED, LEAVING EVERYONE BREATHLESS WITH THE HAUNTING BEAUTY OF THE SPECTACLE AND THE AMOUNT OF THOUGHT THAT HAD GONE INTO IT! TO SAY THAT DIOGO JOTA WAS IDOLISED BY THE WHOLE FOOTBALLING COMMUNITY IS CLEARLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT!

HOW ON EARTH THE WOLVES PLAYERS WERE ABLE TO SHAKE OFF THE SADNESS AND PICK THEMSELVES UP AFTER THAT AND PLAY-ON IS A TESTAMENT TO THEIR UNITY AS A TEAM. THEY PLAYED WELL, BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM AS WELL AS THEY NEEDED TO AGAINST A DYNAMIC MAN. CITY!

WOLVES MADE 394 PASSES, WITH AN 82% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 4 CORNERS, WITH 9 SHOTS AND 3 ON TARGET, BUT NO SUCCESS IN REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET THIS TIME.

MAN CITY MADE 563 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 59% POSSESSION), 5 CORNERS, AND 15 SHOTS, WITH 4 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 2 STUNNERS FROM ERLING HAALAND AT 34 MINS. AND 61 MINS. RESPECTIVELY, (BELOW)

TIJJANI REIJNDERS AT 37 MINS., WHO WAS ON HIS DEBUT AND PROVING HIS WORTH EARLY DOORS WITH HIS SUPERB GOAL, (BELOW)

REIJJNDERS PROVIDED THE ASSIST FOR HAALAND’S 2ND GOAL (BELOW)

AND ANOTHER BEAUT FROM RAYAN CHERKI AT 81 MINS. (BELOW)

THIS MEANT THAT THIS EXCITING MATCH ENDED IN A 4 – 0 WIN TO MAN CITY, AND WITH THE WOLVES PLAYER’S AND FANS HAVING SHOWN THE WORLD JUST HOW MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT THEY HAVE FOR DIOGO JOTA, AFTER BEARING THEIR “HEARTS OF GOLD.”

BY AMANDA WATERS