Manchester City’s hopes of Champions League football next season transpired after Kevin de Bruyne scored in the first half to beat Wolves at Etihad Stadium.
De Bruyne, playing in his penultimate home game for the club, scored his 108th goal for City as he met Jeremy Doku’s cut-back before finishing easily into the back of the net.
Wolves had made a promising start when Rayan Ait-Nouri hit the post before having a second effort cleared off the line by Josko Gvardiol just seconds later. Matheus Cunha also struck the post in the second-half.
Vitor Pereira’s side missed the chance of the game on 22 minutes when Jean-Ricner Bellegarde overhit his pass across the box to Marshall Munetsi — who would have scored had the delivery been calculated adequately.
On 73 minutes, Ait-Nouri was lucky to escape a red card after planting his foot above Bernardo Silva’s ankle. But the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) deemed the foul to be unintentional.
Victory for City took them to third, with a four-point lead on Nottingham Forest in sixth as Wolves are guaranteed a mid-table finish.
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