Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola, 53, has called Hwang Hee-chan, 28, of Wolverhampton, “always a threat,” and this time he got the name right.
City defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-1 in the 36th round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, at 1:30 a.m. ET on Friday.
With the win, City moved to 82 points (25 W, 7 D, 3 L), closing the gap on first-place Arsenal (83 points).
Wolverhampton, meanwhile, remained 11th in the league with 46 points (W13 D7 L16).
Hwang Hee-chan started and played 87 minutes. He combined with Mateusz Cunha up front.
Wolverhampton narrowly avoided a ‘goalless’ defeat thanks to Hwang’s goal.
City pinned Wolverhampton back and scored three goals in the first half alone.
The first goal came in the 10th minute.
Ait Noure and Gvardiol collided in a contest inside the Wolverhampton box, and the referee awarded a penalty kick for a foul on Ait Noure. 카지노사이트 Holland made no mistake from the spot and rattled the net.
City added one more goal. In the 35th minute, they added another goal. Rodri picked up the ball in the box and sent a well-placed cross that Holland leapt to head home.
City made it 3-0 at halftime. In stoppage time, as Holland drove the ball into the box, Semedo fouled him and the referee pointed to the spot again. Holland stepped up and converted to complete his hat trick.
The first half ended with City leading by three goals.
Eight minutes into the second half, Wolverhampton pulled one back. Hwang Hee-chan found the back of the net. Ederson came out to meet a cross from the right flank by Jean-Luc Belgarde, but he couldn’t handle the ball properly. Seeing that the keeper was out, Hwang Hee-chan took advantage and scored the winner. The 12th goal of the league.
However, there was no more chase.
In fact, City widened the gap even further. In the ninth minute of the second half, Holland picked up a loose ball in the box, raced into the box, and scored again with a powerful shot.
City drove a wedge into the game. In the 35th minute, Alvarez scored the team’s fifth goal with a low, quick left-footed strike.
The game ended with a 5-1 victory for City.
After the game, Guardiola praised Holland for his “pot-trick” and also mentioned Wolverhampton’s lone goal scorer, Hwang Hee-chan, according to City’s official website.
“I want to praise Wolverhampton and their pattern play, Hwang and Cunha are always a threat,” he said.
This time, Guardiola remembered Hwang’s name. Until October last year, he hadn’t said Hwang’s name, referring to him as “Korean Guy”.
At the pre-match press conference against Wolverhampton in October 2023, Guardiola said, “Wolverhampton have great players,” 메이저 토토사이트 and while he correctly mentioned Pedro Neto and Mateusz Cunha by name, he referred to Hwang as “the Korean guy,” as if he couldn’t remember his name. For once, he got Hwang’s name right. This means that Hwang Hee-chan has now been imprinted on Guardiola’s mind.
