Gary O'Neil critical of Wolves display, "terrible" penalty decision in Man City loss
The 40-year-old was cut a frustrated figure as he watched on from the stands after being given a one-match touchline ban for his conduct after the defeat against West Ham United last month.
Wolves fell behind in the 12th minute courtesy of an Erling Haaland penalty, awarded after Rayan Ait-Nouri was deemed to have fouled Josko Gvardiol following a strong coming-together between the pair inside the area.
Haaland then doubled City's advantage with a thumping header before completing his hat-trick on the stroke of half time with another penalty after being brought down by Nelson Semedo.
Wolves' only attempt on target in the entire match was their goal scored seven minutes after the break when Hwang Hee-chan tapped home at the back post after Ederson failed to deal with an inviting cross from substitute Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
However, Haaland scored his fourth and restored City's three-goal advantage less than a minute later with a powerful left-footed strike, before Julian Alvarez replaced his Norwegian teammate to add a fifth in the closing stages, condemning Wolves to their 16th league defeat of the season.
O'Neil bemoans «terrible» first-half penalty callAlthough O'Neil has taken full responsibility for his side's poor performance at the Etihad, he believes that they were once again on the wrong end of refereeing decision, particularly the first penalty that allowed City to open the scoring — no Premier League team have conceded more penalty goals than Wolves (eight) so far this season.
Speaking at his post-match press conference, O'Neil
Read on sportsmole.co.uk
