Wolves press and blog reaction

I guess we have to take the positives from the performance. We did create several chances and another goal would've probably seen us relax a bit and stick to our a-game. Adebayor was perhaps the only one of ours who had a very good game, he again seemed very hungry, leading the line well, dropping out wide, even into midfield to put himself about.

>>norfstander.

Today, when we needed leadership and solidity from the back we got neither, as Wolves pounced on our discomfort under the high ball. Our defence is still in transition, and it shows.

>>tldorc.

lf City manager Mark Hughes really wants to break into the top four, he needs to introduce a killer instinct up front to go with all the pretty passing. Hughes put a positive gloss on yesterday's events, although Wolves could so easily have snatched a point.

>>mail online.

"I didn't think we deserved a point," said the professionally bluff McCarthy when asked the question. "I'd be barmy to say that. I thought we nearly earned a point. There's a big, big difference. We had chances," he added, before sighing: "We played the occasion and team in the first half."

That is the measure already of City's newfound aura. But they must address their lack of ruthlessness.

>>observer.co.uk

Mark Hughes reckons the rest of the country is waiting for his side to fall flat on their face and on the evidence of this match they may not have long to wait. Wolves could consider themselves a little unfortunate not to come away with a point to go with the three they got at Wigan in midweek. And had they been a little less in awe of old moneybags and gone 4-4-2 a little earlier than after half-time, they might have got it.

>>independent.co.uk.

At times magnificent in the flexibility and invention of their forward play, the Manchester multimillionaires garnered a single Emmanuel Adebayor goal from long periods of dominance, ultimately allowing Wolves to play on their famed defensive frailties. Here, the equalising goal did not come, but on another day, against stronger opposition, it will. Lescott’s task could prove proportionate to his inflated transfer fee.

>>timesonline.

At Blackburn last week City were able to build on an early strike by Adebayor; this time, despite creating an abundance of scoring opportunities, they almost paid for their wastefulness when Wolves Andy Keogh rattled their bar in the second half.

>>telegraph.co.uk