Wolves blog: Job done at Ashton Gate

BBC Sport on Twitter, perhaps discourteously, described the Wolves tie as Man United’s ‘reward’ for seeing off Chelsea - but any team who was drawn at Molineux would be in for the toughest of matches.

I’m just delighted we avoided Man City in any capacity. Although Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has got his side storming, a result is more than achievable for Wolves.

The atmosphere will be absolutely rocking at Molineux - especially if the game is moved to an evening kick off. This is Wolves’ biggest game of the season, with a trip to Wembley at stake.

They certainly haven’t had an easy time to get to this position. Seeing off a semi-skeleton Liverpool side and taking down local opposition Shrewsbury Town at the second attempt earned Wolves a trip to Ashton Gate.

Bristol City have been one of the form teams in the country, tallying up nine straight wins before Wolves came to town.

This was never going to be an easy tie, but based on that first half you could be forgiven for thinking it was.

Time and again, Wolves played balls to the buccaneering Matt Doherty on the right sideline, who provided yet another FA Cup goal, this time cutting inside and squaring it to a composed Ivan Cavaleiro.

How many times this season has Doherty received the ball, cut inside and beaten his man, and the ball end up in the net? Why didn’t Lee Johnson do his research on Wolves’ most threatening play in the book?

Conor Coady’s pass to Doherty was perfect - the pair are absolutely indispensable and thoroughly earned new long-term contracts.

Soon after the goal, Doherty’s jinking run with a couple of one-twos deserved a second but agonisingly hit the post - had this gone in, Wolves probably would have inflicted further damage on their opposition.

Bristol City really came at Wolves in the second half, which at times was an onslaught. John Ruddy redeemed his previous appearance with a solid game, catching everything that came his way.

The defence in front of him showed their mettle and contributed to a rare clean sheet - although there was a moment when it looked like City’s goalkeeper, who got sent off against us last season, was going to get a desperate equaliser!

That short spell of indifferent form for Joao Moutinho now looks long gone - he is a class act, winning tackles and harmonising most of Wolves’ play.

As Wolves held out, it was a case of job done and a tough obstacle overcome.

Wolves’ superb season continues with an away double-header at Bournemouth and Huddersfield. Four or more points here would really begin to cement Wolves’ top half position.