EPL: We helped them – Wolves manager O’Neil speaks on 5-1 defeat to Man City

Wolves manager Gary O’Neil has deed retired astatine his players for making it “easy” for Manchester City successful their 5-1 decision connected Saturday.

Erling Haaland scored 4 times for the Premier League champions, with 2 coming from the punishment spot.

Substitute Julian Alvarez came connected to regenerate Haaland and got connected the scoresheet.

O’Neil, who watched the crippled from the stands, told BBC’s Match of the Day: “We helped them; we did assistance them. They are evidently an unthinkable broadside and they punished america for our mistakes, but immoderate of our mistakes were terrible.

“A mates of ridiculous turnovers for the ball, similar truly atrocious that outgo america and the archetypal goal. The officials don’t marque immoderate quality to the effect today, but I don’t hold with the awarding of the archetypal penalty.

“I thought it was a beauteous atrocious decision. You spot them coming unneurotic similar that each of the time. I deliberation Gvardiol’s question and follow-through created the interaction arsenic overmuch arsenic Rayan. I’m not definite what Rayan is meant to do; you can’t vanish astatine that moment.

“I was disappointed with the awarding of the archetypal one, but past much disappointed with benignant of the mistakes my ain squad made. We conscionable made it a spot excessively casual for Manchester City.”