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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Man City 2 - 0 West Ham
90+1 mins: There’s four added minutes to play. Man City have another goal disallowed after Ferandinho sends a through ball to play Jesus in behind the lines. He carries the ball into the box, lifts it over Fabianski and finds the back of the net but the offside flag goes up against him,
GOAL! Man City 2 - 0 West Ham (Fernandinho, 90’)⚽️
90 mins: Fernandinho wraps up the points! A short corner comes back to Jesus who gets tackled. The loose ball comes to Rodri and Jesus is switched on enough to sprint into the box. He receives the pass and pulls it back to the front edge of the area where Fernandinho runs onto the ball and guides it into the near bottom corner!
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
88 mins: Fernandinho is on to see out this match for the Premier League champions. Raheem Sterling is the man taken off.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
87 mins: Bowen swings the corner into the penalty area but Ederson gets a hand to the ball before Gabriel Jesus completes the clearance.
Declan Rice brings the ball back down the pitch for West Ham and drives it into the box. He’s got two teammates in the middle but can’t pick out a pass and runs the ball out of play much to his own frustration.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
84 mins: Pep Guardiola is patrolling the Manchester City dugout as his team attempt to close out this game. The edge that City seemed to have in the first half has gone and there’ll be a few nerves out there. West Ham are pushing high up the pitch but they need to get the ball into City’s box. Johnson’s ball into thge middle hits Cancelo and goes out for a Hammers’ corner.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
81 mins: Save! A cross field pass comes over to Sterling on the left wing. He slips a through ball into the left side of the box for Gundogan who runs onto the pass and shoots first time. Fabianski is quickly off his line to close down the angle and he manages to keep the shot out with a body save. Good goalkeeping.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
78 mins: Declan Rice is encouraged to shoot byt the travelling West Ham fans and strikes one from range. Ederson is in behind the ball and palms it away for City. West Ham don’t think they’re out of this game, there’s time yet for them to get the equaliser.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
75 mins: Nearly! Joao Cancelo hasn’t been as prolific with his attacking runs today but he makes his way into the box after a one-two with Bernardo Silva. He knocks the ball past Johnson but is beaten to the loose ball by Fabianski who slides towards it and smothers it with his body.
Jarrod Bowen comes on to replace Arthur Masuaku for West Ham.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
72 mins: Sterling paces around Johnson and wins another corner when his cutback is booted behind by Dawson. This time the corner is swung into the middle by Gundogan but West Ham deal with it well.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
69 mins: Sterling sprints into space in behind Craig Dawson and wins a corner after Rice blocks his ball into the middle out of play. City play the corner short and Gundogan floats a cross into the middle Jesus is the target but Zouma gets in front of him and boots the ball clear.
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