| Emmanuel Adebayor's blistering first-half effort proved enough to
earn victory for Manchester City on his home debut.
Although newly-promoted Wolves came close to an equaliser when
Gary Keogh's effort crashed back off the crossbar, anything other
than a home win would have been cruel for Mark Hughes' men, who
totally dominated the first hour and created enough clear chances
to win several games.
There is certainly plenty of room for optimism around the Blues
camp just now, and room for improvement given Mark Hughes' on-going
pursuit of Joleon Lescott.
Developments in the long-running transfer saga are on-going and
it is expected Lescott will leave Everton for City at some point
over the next week.
And, with a trip to crisis club Portsmouth next Sunday, City could
well find themselves heading into the international break among
the Premier League's pace-setters.
The reason that has been stated most often for City not being tipped
among the title contenders is that it will be difficult to get so
many new players to gel.
Yet it is also true that the process should be at its most difficult
right now, before getting progressively easier as the season wears
on.
If that is true, the Blues should be regarded as contenders because
their play in fluid as it is.
The goal was a prime example. When Jody Craddock nodded a Wayne
Bridge cross into the path of Tevez, the Argentinian should have
been struggling to locate Adebayor given both are new boys.
A collective transfer fee of £50million clearly brings some
telepathy though, for Tevez merely cushioned the ball into Adebayor's
path, inviting the fierce finish that followed.
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