Premier League 2018/19: Man City vs Wolves

Willy Boly’s red card early in the first half ultimately ended Wolves’ trip to Man City as a contest. Some would argue that it wasn’t much of a contest before the Frenchman’s dismissal, although the same could be said about Wolves recent trip to Spurs. In the first half at Wembley, Wolves had 33% of the ball. At the Etihad, Wolves had 22%. If Boly didn’t get sent off in the 19th minute, who knows what might have been?

Let’s break it down with images.

From here, it’s hard to see what quite goes so wrong that results in Boly being sent off. Yes, there’s the question as to why Boly is going to ground there, but all the same, there’s nothing too untoward about it all.

Bernardo Silva decides against hurdling Boly’s tackle and takes the brunt of it on his ankle. Looking at it, it’s totally understandable why it was a red card. On the contrary, Boly won the ball and the fact that Mark Clattenburg said it should have only been a yellow speaks volumes.