The drama began when the teamsheets dropped 75 minutes before kick-off, with Erling Haaland and Phil Foden both dropped from City’s starting XI. New signing Marc Guehi, meanwhile, was drafted into City’s defence, replacing Max Alleyne.

Pep Guardiola has dropped Erling Haaland from the starting line-up for Manchester City's Premier League game against Wolves amid a run of eight games without scoring from open play.

Pep Guardiola made some changes to Manchester City's XI and the result was a convincing 2-0 win over Wolves at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

Pep Guadiola explained Erling Haaland was left out of the Manchester City team to face Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday to enable him to mentally and physically reset.

Wolves manager Rob Edwards was happy with the quality and intent his side showed, during their loss against Manchester City at the Etihad.