Credit: Hasan Karim - Breaking Media / Imago

Harri Burton

Sat 16 August 2025 19:36, UK

Pep Guardiola’s Man City side kicked off their Premier League campaign with a sensational win over Wolves at Molineux Stadium.

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Erling Haaland started proceedings, smashing home from close range following a smart pass from Rico Lewis, before Tijjani Reijnders doubled City’s lead on Saturday, 16 August.

Haaland grabbed his brace before the manager made a plethora of changes, only for Rayan Cherki to put the icing on the cake during the final 10 minutes to secure all three points in a 4-0 win.

James Trafford – 8

Sensible decisions.

Quickly helped fans forget about Kevin De Bruyne, bagging a goal and an assist, adding to his fine performance against Palermo.

Bernardo Silva (Off for O’Reilly 66?) – 8

Leading by example as the club captain, Silva created a handful of chances and should have grabbed an assist for his efforts.

Oscar Bobb – 7

The Norwegian winger came back into the lineup with a bang, assisting Reijnders’ first goal of the afternoon while continuing to be a nuisance down the right flank.

Jeremy Doku (Off for Marmoush 66?) – 3

Barely involved despite all of City’s attacking intent and counter-attacks.

Main focus came down the right-hand side, which meant the Belgian was ignored.

Erling Haaland (Off for Cherki 73?) – 8

He got his Premier League campaign off to a flying start, grabbing two well-taken goals, which were put on a plate for him by his teammates.

Substitutes

Matheus Nunes (On for Lewis 65?) – 6

Added some much-needed stability in the bacline, winning all necessary battles.

Omar Marmoush (On for Doku 66?) – 5

Made an instant impact, dragging his team up the field, but slowly drifted out of the game.

Erling Haaland bagged a brace.

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Nico O’Reilly (On for Silva 66?) – 4

Broke up the play well, picking up a yellow card for his troubles.

Though Guardiola would have preferred a clean last few minutes.

Rayan Cherki (On for Haaland 73?) – 7

Instant impact.

Nothing Jose Sa could do to deny Cherki from scoring his goal in the 4-0 routing.

Abdukodir Khusanov (On for Stones 83?) – 7

Made some decent interventions in his very limited time on the field.