Manchester City and the Premier League are dictated by the ‘Haaland law’, who for the second game in a row scored a hat trick to give victory over West Ham and leave the reigning champions as the only team in England with full points and only leader (1 -3).
Pep Guardiola doesn’t want to touch anyone despite the forced entry of Jack Grealish due to Savinho’s injury. Ilkay Gündogan had no chance to come on at half-time, as did Rodri, who recently recovered and was on the bench for the first time this season.
Manchester City jump in with Arsenal’s defeat in mind and knowing they have the power to become the only Premier League team with a complete record of victories. Despite a slightly confusing first few minutes in which West Ham threatened to create chances, Guardiola’s side dominated with the brilliant football and scoring of Erling Haaland under his charge. It’s clear in his head that he regrets it and he knows he won’t be able to forgive the next one. And so, Emerson lost in his own half, Bernardo Silva found the cyborg and beat Areola (10′). It was a sweet start and it could have been even sweeter, as the English champion had a chance to knock his rival out, but he fought back and got lucky. Because the wood helped him by getting a great goal from De Bruyne and the next play, a counterattack after a bad pressure in the middle that Pep regretted, Bowen crossed with no one and Rúben Dias, not knowing that reason, put it. himself when he wants to bring it out (19′).
The city is not a novice team. Someone else would have weakened, but not him. He was also not worried that West Ham, who could not answer, parked the bus and tried to survive their rival’s dominance. It is clear that if the rivalry follows that line it will fall on the side of the ‘sky blue’ and more with the presence of Haaland, who for the first time again released a missile with his left foot that Areola did’ not even you see (30′).
City couldn’t do it, but they seemed to settle for a second half where they performed worse. And West Ham almost equalized again, but the post prevented Kudus from doing so on a counterattack. It was an unaesthetic second half and almost no chances for most. Where Areola was absent, he was replaced at half-time by Fabianski, who was unable to stop Haaland’s second hat trick in a row. It took several minutes for it to arrive, and Guardiola’s men lost their magic and disengaged, but fortunately West Ham were no better. With some fields on the grass and the Londoners wanting to equalize, Matheus Nunes played into space and put it into the race for the cyborg, who hit Fabianski like only the greats do (83′). Parido was determined and almost came poker in the penultimate of the match, and soon after Ederson made a save against Summerville to secure peace and the three points.
match lineup
23
29
33
19
15
26
20
24
9
10
14
31
82
8
24
3
25
20
17
9
11
10
London Stadium
45′
Ederson31
Rico Lewis82
60′
70′
Matthew Kovacic8
76′
Josko Guardiol24
87′
Ruben Dias3
18′
62′
Manuel Akanji25
90′
85′
Bernard Silva20
75′
Kevin De Bruyne17
43′
87′
70′
Erling Haaland9
9′
29′
82′
Jeremy Doku11
67′
Jack Grealish10
71′
Replacements
45′
Stephen Ortega18
70′
Kyle Walker2
87′
John Stones5
Nathan Ake6
87′
76′
Rodri16
Ilkay Gundogan19
67′
85′
Matheus Nunes27
71′
70′
Nico O’Reilly75
James McAtee87
coach
Julen Lopetegui
Pep Guardiola
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
