Wolves trip that prompted Man City fury - and brought FIFA intervention

Manchester City have rarely enjoyed trips to Molineux in recent years and the tone was set back in 2018 when Wolves have just been promoted to the Premier League.

With the home fans keen for a scalp and a team not used to losing taking it to the champions, Joao Moutinho swung in a second-half cross that Willy Boly turned in for the opening goal. That he had turned it in was not up for debate, but City were furious with how he had turned it in.

If it looked like it came off his arm, it is because it had. City wanted handball, but in addition to it being missed by the officials there were some who believed it would have counted anyway. The laws of the game from the International Football Association Board (IFAB) stated that it was only an offence if the handball was "deliberate", and Boly had tried to use his head first before it hit his arm and went in.

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Nevertheless, the Boly controversy was one of a number of incidents that convinced IFAB to change the rules for the following season. Under rules signed off by FIFA, handball no longer had to be deliberate to rule out an attacking goal.

City ended up on the wrong side of the new law in their very first home game of the season when a late Gabriel Jesus winner against Tottenham was ruled out for the ball brushing Aymeric Laporte's arm in the build-up as he went to head it. Again, the officials didn't spot it but this time the newly-installed Video Assistant Referee technology was in place to rule out the goal.

That set the tone for a frustrating season for the Blues that was encapsulated in their next trip to Molineux. City overcame an early red card for Ederson to lead 2-0 going into the final 10 minutes, only to buckle and lose 3-2 in a result that