Saturday, January 15, 2011

Manchester City is top English Premier League club after 4-3 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers

Manchester City has moved at the top of the English Premier League point table after getting a 4-3 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, 15th January 2011.

Manchester City captain, Carlos Tevez, led his team successfully to overtake their rival Manchester United to go top of the table. He individually scored two goals that made their possibility stronger to win the match tonight. Other two goals were scored by Kolo Toure and Yaya Toure.

For Wolverhampton Wanderers, Milijas, Doyle and Zubar scored one goal each.

Nenad Milijas gave Wolves 1-0 lead after scoring a goal in the 12th minute. But Kolo Toure leveled the score 1-1 scoring a goal in 40 minutes. After that, Carlos Tevez the second goal for his club and Man City finished the first half with 2-1.

Soon after the start of second-half, Man City took the lead 4-1 thanks to Carlos Tevez and Yaya Toure. They both scored one goal each in the second half.

However, Wolves could score two more goals in the last half of the game and the result was 4-3. Doyle made the second goal from penalty and Zubar scored the third goal from header and that goal came four minutes before the end of the match.

However, Manchester City has played three games more than Manchester United. And their position in the top place is not secured. It may not last for long time. If Manchester United gets victory in their next match, then they will regain their position again in the point table.

Manchester City has got 45 points from 23 matches. They are just one point ahead than their rival opponent.

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