Man City vs West Ham LIVE Premier League result, final score and reaction today
Ilkay Gundogan and substitute Fernandinho scored for the hosts before a late stunner from Manuel Lanzini
Manchester City captain Ilkay Gundogan struck in the midst of a first-half snowstorm before a late goal from substitute Fernandinho proved enough to secure a 2-1 home victory over West Ham United in the Premier League on Sunday.
The win lifts City back up to second place and level on 29 points with leaders Chelsea, who host Manchester United in the late game. WestHam, who snatched an added-time consolation with a superb Manuel Lanzini strike, stay fourth on 23 points.
“It was a very difficult day because of the weather conditions but it is always difficult against this team,” City midfielder Rodri told the BBC.
“We were lucky to get this first goal because in the first half we couldn’t play much. In the second we dominated and could have scored more.”
With thick snow falling for most of the opening half, City’s Riyadh Mahrez had the ball in the net in the 16th minute after a superb finish but his effort was ruled out for offside.
City took the lead in the 33rd minute when Mahrez drove the ball across the goal and Gundogan was on hand to steer it home.
That marked the beginning of a spell of heavy pressure from the hosts and they could have gone 2-0 up four minutes later but Gabriel Jesus’s shot was cleared off the line by Ben Johnson.
Halftime saw the snowstorm abate and an army of groundstaff cleared the pitch. WestHam then had another let-off when Aaron Cresswell made a goal-line clearance as City dominated.
It took the home side until the 90th minute to score again, however, as Jesus teed up fellow Brazilian Fernandinho to net three minutes after he came off the bench.
Having seen little to warm them up during the game, the WestHam fans finally had something to celebrate when Lanzini won the ball on the edge of the area and sent an unstoppable shot into the top right corner with the final kick of the game.
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16 mins: James Maddison gives the home side the lead at the King Power Stadium, William Troost-Ekong lets a Jonny Evans free kick sail over his head and the ball drops for Maddison who calmly sinks it into the back of the net.
Man City 0 - 0 West Ham
15 mins: West Ham have found a bit success coming forward down that right wing. Fornals slips Antonio into the box - he may just have been offside - but he takes the ball to the byline and looks for a cutback that Ederson intercepts and puts behind for a corner.
Man City 0 - 0 West Ham
12 mins: West Ham try to work their way down the right side. Ben Johnson threads the ball down the wing and picks out Tomas Soucek. He plays the ball inside to Antonio who needs help from Pablo Fornals. Fornals attempts to shimmy away from Rodri and skip into the right side of the penalty area but Joao Cancelo is there to win the ball for Man City.
Man City 0 - 0 West Ham
9 mins: Gabriel Jesus has drifted out to the right side for City where he had some joy earlier in the season. Kyle Walker sends the ball up to him and he holds up the ball. Ilkay Gundogan makes an underlapping run to the byline and Jesus slots him the ball. Gundogan looks to pull the ball back into the middle of the six-yard box but Fabianski gets in front of the pass and collects the loose ball.
Man City 0 - 0 West Ham
6 mins: West Ham work the ball up to Michail Antonio on the left side. He takes on Ruben Dias and manages to power past the City centre-back on his way into the box. Said Benrahma is up with Antonio and the striker squares a pass into area but Benrahma can’t bring it under control and Aymeric Laporte clears the danger for the home side.
Man City 0 - 0 West Ham
3 mins: As expected West Ham are allowing City to dominate possession and are sitting deepish with solid defensive shape looking to attack on the counter.
A cross comes into the Hammers’ box from the left but they deal with it easily enough.
Man City 0 - 0 West Ham
Kick off: West Ham get the match underway at the Etihad Stadium, there are another two Premier League games kicking off as well and we’ll bring goal updates from those.
Pablo Fornals knocks the ball to Craig Dawson who fires it long and Manchester City come away with possession.
Man City vs West Ham: Almost time for kick off
The two teams are waiting in the tunnel before heading out onto the pitch at the Etihad Stadium. The snow has slackened off and the grounds staff have done a very good of getting the pitch clear.
Burnley vs Tottenham postponed due to heavy snow
Tottenham’s Premier League match at Burnley has been called off due to “adverse weather conditions”.
Turf Moor was hit by heavy snowfall on Sunday, and despite attempts to clear the pitch, the fixture was abandoned approximately 45 minutes before the scheduled 2pm GMT kick-off.
Burnley vs Tottenham postponed due to heavy snow
After failed attempts to clear the Turf Moor pitch, the Premier League game was abandoned
Man City vs West Ham: ‘We have no fear'
West Ham striker Michail Antonio says his team doesn’t fear the Premier League champions and believes they can get a positive result against Man City today. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he said:
We have no fear going against anyone. We’ve become a consistent team, we believe we can go anywhere and get points.
“This is what people call a bonus game. It’s more a psychological shift because how we’ve played them in the past. Before we’ve sometimes struggled against them, but now we’re with them until the final whistle.
“You have to show them the respect they deserve because they’re the champions and the players they have. We’ll go in with different tactics to usual, but we’ll still push and believe we can go away with something.”
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