Summary

  • FT: Wolves 0-0 Leicester - Choudhury received second yellow card

  • Boly header ruled out by VAR for offside in build-up

  • Leicester would climb back into second with win

  • Wolves could move into top six ahead of weekend matches

  • Man City banned from Champions League for next two seasons

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  1. Postpublished at 8 mins

    Wolves 0-0 Leicester

    Leicester's full-back Ricardo Pereira and Ben Chilwell are pushed right up deep into the Wolves half.

    The Portugal international down the right has had the most touches (15) of any player on the pitch so far.

  2. Postpublished at 20:05 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves 0-0 Leicester

    Michael Brown
    Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Leicester are being allowed to dominate possession - that's how remarkable it is with how comfortable Wolves are out of possession, that back five can just sit there and they've got protection from Ruben Neves and Leander Dendoncker.

    Wolves v LeicesterImage source, Getty Images
  3. Postpublished at 5 mins

    Wolves 0-0 Leicester

    But Wolves do see the opposition box when big Willy Boly flicks on a free-kick almost into the path of Leander Dendoncker, but Kasper Schmeichel is quickly off his line to collect the loose ball.

    Excellent goalkeeper is Schmeichel, has been a great servant for Leicester.

  4. Postpublished at 3 mins

    Wolves 0-0 Leicester

    Nuno 'The Preacher' Espirito Santo, hands gloved up and beard tucked inside his jacket, prowls the touchline.

    His team don't usually get going until the second half.

    Might be a slow burner.

  5. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Wolves 0-0 Leicester

    Revitalised and re-energised after the winter break, Leicester have made a bright start, fizzing the ball around confidently at a crisp Molineux.

  6. KICK-OFFpublished at 20:00 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves 0-0 Leicester

    Away we go at Molineux.

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  7. View from the gantrypublished at 19:57 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves v Leicester (20:00 GMT)

    Guy Mowbray
    Match of the Day commentator

    A Wolves win would actually put them sixth at least until Sunday. When you consider that this is game 42 of a season that started in July, you can only applaud how Nuno Espirito Santo has met the demands of home and Europe together.

    Yes, they have resources, but not a huge squad. Indeed, no team has fielded fewer than the 20 players to feature in the Premier League for Wolves this season.

    Leicester have also only fielded 20, with the transformation in less than 12 months under Brendan Rodgers down to minor, subtle changes and his fantastic man-management.

    Two happy camps, refreshed and ready to go again after their break. Where else would I want to be on Valentine's night?!

    NB. These are two teams who'd be in the top four of any 'success story' table of the season so far (1 Liverpool 2 Sheffield United 3 Leicester 4 Wolves). Agreed?

  8. Postpublished at 19:55 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves v Leicester (20:00 GMT)

    Steve Sutcliffe
    BBC Sport reporter at Molineux

    Molineux

    It’s still filling up at Molineux but one thing you are usually guaranteed here, is that it will be absolutely rocking come kick-off. And there’s nowhere more raucous than the South Bank – which of course comes with rail seating.

  9. 'Worrying for Wolves if Nuno left'published at 19:53 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves v Leicester (20:00 GMT)

    Michael Kightly
    Former Wolves midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    It's a bit worrying for me that Nuno doesn't want to answers questions about whether he is settled. They fact that they didn't spend in January, is he not happy about that?

    It's a little bit worrying to be honest because when the Arsenal job came up, he was heavily linked with that and if I was in charge at Wolves and once that Arsenal job had been taken, I would've been trying to put Nuno on a long contract because he's been amazing.

    He's come in and he plays his own style of football, developing every player at the club so that if he does leave - and I hope he doesn't - it's going to be a really big blow for Wolves.

  10. Unreliable to unplayable - The rise of Adama Traorepublished at 19:50 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves v Leicester (20:00 GMT)

    Phil Dawkes
    BBC Sport

    Adama TraoreImage source, Getty Images

    A physical marvel of a footballer; built like a middleweight boxer (although incredibly he says he doesn't lift weights) yet with the lightning speed of an Olympic sprinter.

    He'd look just at home weaving effortlessly through NFL defences as well as terrorising Premier League ones, which he has done throughout 2019-20 - his statement season in English football for Wolves.

    Unplayable at times, he has scored five goals, assisted 10 more and played a vital role in numerous others by drawing fearful defenders into his orbit.

    This is the rise of Adama Traore

    (He doesn't play today but well worth a read)

  11. Droughtpublished at 19:48 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves v Leicester (20:00 GMT)

    Jamie Vardy

    But the Englishman still leads the topscorer chart with 17 goals this season.

  12. Progresspublished at 19:45 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves v Leicester (20:00 GMT)

    Brendan RodgersImage source, Getty Images

    A win tonight would give Leicester 52 points, equalling their final tally for last season.

    They have made huge strides under boss Brendan Rodgers this season.

  13. 'Great game to come back to'published at 19:43 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves v Leicester (20:00 GMT)

    Leicester City

    Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers on BT Sport: "Wilfred Ndidi is still too much of a risk but he's got better as the weeks have progressed.

    "Jamie Vardy is a legend at Leicester and going forward he's still fit and ready to play. It’s just unfortunate he's not been at the top of his game at the moment but maybe we need to be better in creating more for him.

    "Harvey Barnes is looking a major threat with his consistency levels.

    "You have to be organised defensively away from home. Wolves are a really good side, full of good players and a great counter-attacking team.

    "It’ll be a huge task but a great one to come back to after the break and for the last half of the season."

    On Manchester City's two-season ban from the Champions League: "I heard as I came into the stadium but we just focus on our job which is this game."

  14. Will Guardiola be willing to stay?published at 19:41 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Simon Stone
    BBC Sport

    The Pep Guardiola situation here is key. He's said on numerous occasions he won't leave at the end of this season but there have been some conversations around him, even if not including him, about extending his deal to 2022.

    He is obsessed with winning the Champions League and you have to ask if whether he'll be willing to stay at Manchester City in this situation.

  15. 'Infrastructure will attract players'published at 19:39 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Michael Brown
    Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Surely there's players out there will want to go to Manchester City, regardless of the fact there might not be Champions League football.

    Pep Guardiola is a huge draw, and even if he moves on they'll get another top manager and the infrastructure will attract players.

  16. 'The punishment is far heavier than anyone expected'published at 19:37 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Simon Stone
    BBC Sport

    Basically Manchester City think the whole process is flawed. They think Uefa have brought the case, heard the case and the result as it stands at the moment was inevitable. They are going to fight this, they don't think this is over.

    I think it's fair to assume from speaking to Manchester City, not just tonight but over the last few months, that they will fight this with everything that they've got because clearly it's a heavy punishment. It's far heavier than anyone expected I think. It also places a stigma against a club who stressed on numerous occasions that they like to do things the right way and this is clearly not the right way.

    The club think that when it's heard by an independent judicial they will be cleared. Whether in the cold light of day Manchester City think 'we can't get away with this, we'll just try lower the punishment', I don't know but that's certainly not the word that's coming out of the club tonight. They are adamant they will continue this fight and they will fight and continue fighting until they get this decision overturned.

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 19:36 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

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    Andrew Zarb: Let's say that this saga of Manchester City being banned has a LONG way to run yet. What the outcome of their appeal will be is going to be very interesting. If the ban is upheld in some form, it will be interesting to see who will inherit their place.

    If upheld, a decision that is truly ruinous for Man City. Not a chance are the likes of De Bruyne, Sterling, Ederson, Laporte passing up Champions League football for two seasons. Hundreds of millions lost in TV and sponsorship revenue. Difficult to see how the club recovers from this.

    Daniel

  18. Stick with what you havepublished at 19:34 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves v Leicester (20:00 GMT)

    Steve Sutcliffe
    BBC Sport reporter at Molineux

    One key element of Leicester’s success this term has been Brendan Rodgers’ consistency of selections. Nine of the 11 Foxes players starting at Molineux have made over 20 Premier League starts this term.

    Harvey Barnes is just below that figure on 18, with Hamza Choudhury, who has spent much of this term as an understudy to Wilfred Ndidi, down on eight.

    It’s a pretty similar story as far as Wolves are concerned as well, with only Diogo Jota, Pedro Neto and Willy Boly – who has spent a huge chunk of the campaign out injured – starting less than 20 times.

    Is there something to be said for not rotating too much perhaps?

  19. Never count them outpublished at 19:31 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Wolves v Leicester (20:00 GMT)

    Raul JimenezImage source, Getty Images

    Wolves have led for 305 minutes in the Premier League this season, less than any other side, but have earned an unrivalled 18 points from a losing position.

  20. 'City will come out fighting'published at 19:28 Greenwich Mean Time 14 February 2020

    Michael Brown
    Former Man City midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

    What they've done as a football club, what they've done on the pitch, the way they've gone about it, I think they've been first class.

    They've been honorable how they've gone about it, as usual like Manchester City. This will be a shock for them but it will be something that they'll come out fighting.

    The owners aren't here for the short term, they will take it on. If any owners will take this adversity, it will be these.