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Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Premier League Soccer: Stream Man City vs. Wolves Live From Anywhere
If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Having secured their place in the FA Cup final at the weekend, Man City will look to strengthen their grip on a UEFA Champions League qualification spot as they host Wolves on Friday in the English Premier League. Below, we'll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the game as it happens, wherever you are in the world, and how to use a VPN if the match isn't available where you are. Advertisement Sunday's 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley saw City back to its best, boosting manager Pep Guardiola's hopes of avoiding a rare season without a trophy. City now returns its focus to securing a top-five place as they face a Wolves side that can relax a little after ensuring their Premier League survival. Manager Vítor Pereira has overseen a superb run of six consecutive EPL wins for the Old Gold. Manchester City take on Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday, May 2, at the Etihad Stadium, with kickoff set for 8 p.m. BST local time. That makes it a 3 a.m. ET or 12 p.m. PT start in the US and Canada, and an 4:30 p.m. AEST kickoff in Australia on Saturday morning. Norwegian striker Jørgen Strand Larsen scored his 13th Premier League goal of the season in Wolves' 3-0 win over Leicester last Saturday. How to watch Man City vs. Wolves in the US without cable Friday's Man City vs. Wolves game will be broadcast on the USA Network, which you can access as part of your cable package or at the NBC Sports website with a valid login. It can also be streamed via Sling TV and other, more expensive streaming TV services. Sling TV Sling TV's Blue plan includes USA Network, making it a great option for fans wanting to watch Premier League action. It's $40 a month and features over 40 channels, including other sports channels like ESPN and FS1. Advertisement Read our Sling TV review. See at Sling TV How to watch the Premier League 2024-25 season from anywhere with a VPN If you're traveling abroad and want to keep up with all the Premier League action while away from home, a VPN can help enhance your privacy and security when streaming. It encrypts your traffic and prevents your internet service provider from throttling your speeds, and can also be helpful when connecting to public Wi-Fi networks while traveling, adding an extra layer of protection for your devices and logins. VPNs are legal in many countries, including the US and Canada, and can be used for legitimate purposes such as improving online privacy and security. Advertisement However, some streaming services may have policies restricting VPN usage to access region-specific content. If you're considering a VPN for streaming, check the platform's terms of service to ensure compliance. If you choose to use a VPN, follow the provider's installation instructions, ensuring you're connected securely and in compliance with applicable laws and service agreements. Some streaming platforms may block access when a VPN is detected, so verifying if your streaming subscription allows VPN usage is crucial. ExpressVPN ExpressVPN is our current best VPN pick for people who want a reliable and safe VPN, and it works on a variety of devices. It's normally $13 a month, but if you sign up for an annual subscription for $100 you'll get three months free and save 49%. That's the equivalent of $6.67 a month. Advertisement Note that ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. See at ExpressVPN Livestream Man City vs. Wolves in the UK Today's match at the Etihad Stadium is exclusive to Sky Sports, showing on its Sky Sports Main Event, Premier League and UHD channels. If you already have Sky Sports as part of your TV package, you can stream the game via its Sky Go app, but cord-cutters will want to get set up with a Now account and a Now Sports membership to stream the game. Now Sky subsidiary Now offers streaming access to Sky Sports channels with a Now Sports membership. You can get a day of access for £15, or sign up to a monthly plan from £35 per month right now. Advertisement See at Now Livestream Man City vs. Wolves in Canada If you want to stream this EPL game live in Canada, you'll need to subscribe to Fubo Canada. Once again, the service has exclusive rights to every Premier League match this season. Fubo Canada Fubo is the go-to destination for Canadians looking to watch the EPL this season, with exclusive streaming rights to every match. It costs CA$30 a month, though you can save some cash by paying quarterly or annually. See at Fubo Livestream Man City vs. Wolves in Australia Football fans down under can watch EPL matches live on streaming service Optus Sport, which is showing every single Premier League match of the 2024-25 season live in Australia. Optus Sport With exclusive rights to stream all EPL matches live this season, as well as German Bundesliga and Spanish La Liga games, streaming service Optus Sport is a particularly big draw for Aussie soccer fans. Advertisement If you're already an Optus network customer, you can bag Optus Sport for a reduced price, with discounts bringing the price down to as low as AU$7 a month. If you're not, a standalone monthly subscription to the service starts at AU$25. See at Optus Quick tips for streaming the Premier League using a VPN
The Independent
29-05-2025
- Business
- The Independent
How Vitor Pereira has completely transformed Wolves
After 16 games under Gary O'Neill, Wolves were firmly in the relegation dogfight with fans fearing the worst. But now, after 16 games under Vítor Pereira, they've become one of the Premier League 's most consistent and dangerous sides, and would be pushing for Europe if they hadn't had such a mountain to climb. Adam Clery looks at the stunning changes the Portugese manager has made, and explains why they look set to have a very bright future together.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Vítor Pereira: ‘When I go to a pub it's not about beer. I go to be with the people'
'Gold, like our club,' says Vítor Pereira, pointing towards his glass of Asahi. 'This is the colour.' The charismatic Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach has just taken a sip of beer and something of a breather halfway through an hour-long conversation at the Inn at Shipley, a pub on the outskirts of the city, taking in everything from his days as a lifeguard in his hometown of Espinho, a fishing village south of Porto, to almost becoming Everton manager – on three occasions. He claims he once had job offers from Arsenal, before Mikel Arteta was appointed, Crystal Palace and Wolves' arch-rivals West Brom, too. This is his first visit to this watering hole but the perfect setting given Pereira's 'first the points, then the pints' mantra that has led to him celebrating wins by mingling with supporters in the local Wetherspoons and a fans' group to launch a lager and IPA decorated with the slogan. There is only one place to start: joining supporters to drink in victory. 'You need to be with the people because you need to see the smiles. When I go to a pub it's not about the beer. Of course, I like the beer,' he grins, his go-to lager Stella Artois, 'but I go to be with the people, to feel that I'm doing something to make them happy, to make them proud. This is my energy. I must go to a pub, because this is the culture.' Wolves's striking uplift since Pereira replaced Gary O'Neil in December – only Liverpool and Newcastle have recorded more Premier League wins in that time – means there has been plenty of cause for celebration. 'I think if I wasn't a manager, I would be something like an architect. I like to create. Every time that I go to a club, it's like I take a baby in my arms. And I start to help them grow. It's like I start a new painting. This is football, it has given me the chance to express my creativity. If I didn't do this, I would maybe be a painter … maybe I should work in art.' The 56-year-old exudes cool but is frank when discussing the pains of management, the personal sacrifices. 'The last 15 years, my wife has been the father and the mother,' he says, alluding to time away from his three sons, each in their 20s, while working across the globe, including in China, Greece, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. 'I didn't see anything. Birthdays, graduations … I have never been there. Never. I don't want this life for my sons. We have a lot of moments where we suffer a lot. And alone. I think we are always in a pre-depression. I believe that the moments of my life gave me the opportunity to be stronger.' Which moments? He tells a story of when he met the press while coaching in Brazil. 'They asked me: 'Vítor, you don't feel the pressure?' The pressure, my friend. I'll tell you about the pressure. The pressure was when my father had cancer, my brother was dying, my mother was crying. And when we deal with this; football is football. I don't feel any pressure. Nothing. Zero. The pressure is the pressure that I put on myself. Because I want to be better. And better and better and better. If I'm in the right place to challenge myself, I can do magic. Believe me.' Life on the road has created challenges, some more trivial than others. 'Sometimes I go home, and it's like: 'Where are my clothes?' I don't know where to find the knives and forks. I change house, cars every time. [My family] will start to talk when we have lunch or dinner, and my mind is on football. Sometimes I cannot understand the conversation. It's like I started to see the movie … but I lose the movie until the end. I get to the end and I don't know what happened.' He is engrossed on a matchday. 'Sometimes when I'm in the game it's like I'm playing PlayStation. You must be in a game mode. That's why I say to my players: 'I'm playing.' You are always [trying to be] one second in advance, to anticipate what will happen. That's why sometimes I don't see the goals. And a lot of times I say to them: 'The warm-up is not physical. It's mental.' I'm here in the dressing room, but I'm playing. I started the game before you. Because mentally, I'm prepared to be strong. That's why, when we conceded the goal against Fulham in the beginning of the second half, for me it was …' he says, throwing a pretend dagger to the heart as he recalls the 2-1 home defeat in February. Wolves trailed relegated Leicester by five points when Pereira took the reins yet with four games to play, the first at Manchester City on Friday, they could feasibly finish mid-table. Wolves have won six consecutive top-flight games for the first time since 1970. The January signings of Emmanuel Agbadou and Marshall Munetsi have contributed to the feelgood factor but Wolves are braced for another summer of change with Matheus Cunha poised to depart and the captain Nelson Semedo's contract expiring, 12 months after Pedro Neto and Maximilian Kilman were sold. Pereira appears relaxed but makes his point. 'We don't need millions and millions – we need to have intelligence. We can't waste money if we don't have a lot [to spend].' Pereira was a PE teacher for 15 years but as an 18-year-old he worked as a lifeguard on Saturdays on the stretch of sand he will always call home. 'My father didn't have money so we lived in a basement – underground. In the winter the sea was really strong and there were no barriers. Every winter, for three months, water came inside. We had to rebuild the house. Every time water came in the walls, and there would be a bad smell. I felt ashamed because my clothes [would] smell. But I was a very happy teenager because in this kind of community we had our guys. When I look back, this power I feel inside of me came from this time.' He acknowledges he is living his dream. 'I knew since the beginning that I wanted to be a manager. Sometimes we don't know: 'I like this, I like that.' For me, it was very easy: I want to be a coach. After that, I want to be a coach in the Premier League in Portugal. After that, I want to win the league in Portugal. OK. After that, I want to win leagues outside the country. OK. I want to go to the Premier League. These are the targets.' What's next? 'You'll see,' he replies. For Pereira, survival alone is insufficient. 'I didn't come to England just to avoid relegation.' Pereira emits the air of someone easily pleased. 'I'm a man of the sea,' he says, smiling. 'I grew up on the beach. My house was 50 metres from the beach. My friends are the people [I met there] 50 years ago. They are my friends, all of them. I go there and I feel like I'm home: 'I belong here, this is my space.' In front of the sea, with my beer, my paper and a pen. This is what I like.'
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Vítor Pereira: ‘When I go to a pub it's not about beer. I go to be with the people'
'Gold, like our club,' says Vítor Pereira, pointing towards his glass of Asahi. 'This is the colour.' The charismatic Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach has just taken a sip of beer and something of a breather halfway through an hour-long conversation at the Inn at Shipley, a pub on the outskirts of the city, taking in everything from his days as a lifeguard in his hometown of Espinho, a fishing village south of Porto, to almost becoming Everton manager – on three occasions. He claims he once had job offers from Arsenal, before Mikel Arteta was appointed, Crystal Palace and Wolves' arch-rivals West Brom, too. This is his first visit to this watering hole but the perfect setting given Pereira's 'first the points, then the pints' mantra that has led to him celebrating wins by mingling with supporters in the local Wetherspoons and a fans' group to launch a lager and IPA decorated with the slogan. There is only one place to start: joining supporters to drink in victory. Advertisement 'You need to be with the people because you need to see the smiles. When I go to a pub it's not about the beer. Of course, I like the beer,' he grins, his go-to lager Stella Artois, 'but I go to be with the people, to feel that I'm doing something to make them happy, to make them proud. This is my energy. I must go to a pub, because this is the culture.' Wolves's striking uplift since Pereira replaced Gary O'Neil in December – only Liverpool and Newcastle have recorded more Premier League wins in that time – means there has been plenty of cause for celebration. 'I think if I wasn't a manager, I would be something like an architect. I like to create. Every time that I go to a club, it's like I take a baby in my arms. And I start to help them grow. It's like I start a new painting. This is football, it has given me the chance to express my creativity. If I didn't do this, I would maybe be a painter … maybe I should work in art.' The 56-year-old exudes cool but is frank when discussing the pains of management, the personal sacrifices. 'The last 15 years, my wife has been the father and the mother,' he says, alluding to time away from his three sons, each in their 20s, while working across the globe, including in China, Greece, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. 'I didn't see anything. Birthdays, graduations … I have never been there. Never. I don't want this life for my sons. We have a lot of moments where we suffer a lot. And alone. I think we are always in a pre-depression. I believe that the moments of my life gave me the opportunity to be stronger.' Which moments? He tells a story of when he met the press while coaching in Brazil. 'They asked me: 'Vítor, you don't feel the pressure?' The pressure, my friend. I'll tell you about the pressure. The pressure was when my father had cancer, my brother was dying, my mother was crying. And when we deal with this; football is football. I don't feel any pressure. Nothing. Zero. The pressure is the pressure that I put on myself. Because I want to be better. And better and better and better. If I'm in the right place to challenge myself, I can do magic. Believe me.' Advertisement Life on the road has created challenges, some more trivial than others. 'Sometimes I go home, and it's like: 'Where are my clothes?' I don't know where to find the knives and forks. I change house, cars every time. [My family] will start to talk when we have lunch or dinner, and my mind is on football. Sometimes I cannot understand the conversation. It's like I started to see the movie … but I lose the movie until the end. I get to the end and I don't know what happened.' He is engrossed on a matchday. 'Sometimes when I'm in the game it's like I'm playing PlayStation. You must be in a game mode. That's why I say to my players: 'I'm playing.' You are always [trying to be] one second in advance, to anticipate what will happen. That's why sometimes I don't see the goals. And a lot of times I say to them: 'The warm-up is not physical. It's mental.' I'm here in the dressing room, but I'm playing. I started the game before you. Because mentally, I'm prepared to be strong. That's why, when we conceded the goal against Fulham in the beginning of the second half, for me it was …' he says, throwing a pretend dagger to the heart as he recalls the 2-1 home defeat in February. Wolves trailed relegated Leicester by five points when Pereira took the reins yet with four games to play, the first at Manchester City on Friday, they could feasibly finish mid-table. Wolves have won six consecutive top-flight games for the first time since 1970. The January signings of Emmanuel Agbadou and Marshall Munetsi have contributed to the feelgood factor but Wolves are braced for another summer of change with Matheus Cunha poised to depart and the captain Nelson Semedo's contract expiring, 12 months after Pedro Neto and Maximilian Kilman were sold. Pereira appears relaxed but makes his point. 'We don't need millions and millions – we need to have intelligence. We can't waste money if we don't have a lot [to spend].' Pereira was a PE teacher for 15 years but as an 18-year-old he worked as a lifeguard on Saturdays on the stretch of sand he will always call home. 'My father didn't have money so we lived in a basement – underground. In the winter the sea was really strong and there were no barriers. Every winter, for three months, water came inside. We had to rebuild the house. Every time water came in the walls, and there would be a bad smell. I felt ashamed because my clothes [would] smell. But I was a very happy teenager because in this kind of community we had our guys. When I look back, this power I feel inside of me came from this time.' Advertisement He acknowledges he is living his dream. 'I knew since the beginning that I wanted to be a manager. Sometimes we don't know: 'I like this, I like that.' For me, it was very easy: I want to be a coach. After that, I want to be a coach in the Premier League in Portugal. After that, I want to win the league in Portugal. OK. After that, I want to win leagues outside the country. OK. I want to go to the Premier League. These are the targets.' What's next? 'You'll see,' he replies. For Pereira, survival alone is insufficient. 'I didn't come to England just to avoid relegation.' Pereira emits the air of someone easily pleased. 'I'm a man of the sea,' he says, smiling. 'I grew up on the beach. My house was 50 metres from the beach. My friends are the people [I met there] 50 years ago. They are my friends, all of them. I go there and I feel like I'm home: 'I belong here, this is my space.' In front of the sea, with my beer, my paper and a pen. This is what I like.'
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Wolves captain Nelson Semedo 'records farewell video to supporters' despite 'being undecided on whether to accept the four-year contract offered by the club'
Wolves captain Nelson Semedo has filmed a farewell video in the event that he does not sign the four-year contract on offer from the club, according to a report. The Portugal international will be a free agent this summer but the Midlands club, who eased to Premier League safety after the arrival of Vítor Pereira in December, are keen for the defender to stay, it has been claimed. Semedo joined on a free transfer from Barcelona in 2020 and has gone on to make 181 appearances, scoring three goals and providing 11 assists. According to the Express and Star, the 31-year-old is still undecided about his future but has nonetheless recorded a goodbye message to Wolves supporters if he does leave. Wolves fans are already preparing to wave goodbye to one star man when they welcome Brentford to Molineux on Sunday, with Matheus Cunha all but confirmed to be leaving the side for Manchester United this summer. Semedo has been a crucial player for Wolves under a series of managers, including Nuno Espirito Santo, Bruno Lage and Gary O'Neil. Wolves skipper Nelson Semedo has reportedly filmed a farewell video if he decides not to stay with the club beyond the end of the season The West Midlands outfit are keen for the 31-year-old to stay and have offered him a four-year contract, according to a report Wolves are set to lose talisman Matheus Cunha this summer, whose £62.5m release clause is expected to be triggered by Man United The latter handed him the armband in December, taking over from Mario Lemina. The full back has been linked with a reunion with Lage at Benfica in his native Portugal. Semedo made 43 league appearances for the Lisbon giants before his move to the Nou Camp in 2017. Young defender Rodrigo Gomes, who has made 24 appearances in the Premier League this season, has been tipped to step into the veteran's place should be leave at the end of the campaign.
