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.
David Moyes pleased with West Ham’s Europa League progression
Man City’s Raheem Sterling reaping rewards of going ‘back to basics’, says Pep Guardiola
David Moyes desperate to avoid another ‘boom and bust’ cycle for West Ham
Pep Guardiola moves on from PSG as he prepares Man City for ‘difficult’ West Ham
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
66 mins: West Ham are seeing a decent period of possession. A diagonal ball over to the right side almost sees Lanzini sneak in behind down the wing but the offside flag goes up against him.
Chelsea vs Man Utd: Line-ups
Kick off for Chelsea vs Manchester United is an hour away. The big team news is that Cristiano Ronaldo starts on the bench for Man Utd! Here’s a look at the two teams:
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
63 mins: Aaron Cresswell isn’t able to continue and David Moyes replaces him with Vladimir Coufal. Coufal usually plays right-back for West Ham but he’s slotted straight in at the vacant left-back role.
GOAL! Leicester 4 - 2 Watford ⚽️
68 mins: Back at the King Power Stadium Ademola Lookman has joined the scorers as Harvey Barnes gets free on the left and delivers a perfect pass into the box for Lookman to slot home.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
60 mins: Manuel Lanzini comes on to replace Said Benrahma for West Ham. Aaron Cresswell is temporarily off the pitch getting treatment for a knock he picked up clearing Jesus’ shot off the line.
City’s corner comes swinging into the box but it’s cleared by the Hammers who are currently playing with 10-men.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
57 mins: Chance! Huge chance for Manchester City to double their lead. Raheem Sterling breaks down the left side and carries the ball to the box. He curls a low pass across towards Gabriel Jesus but he’s charged down by Lukasz Fabianski. The ball comes loose and looks to be crossing the goalline but Aaron Cresswell slides towards the ball and knocks it wide!
GOAL! Leicester 3 - 2 Watford ⚽️
61 mins: Watford have one back against Leicester. Emmanuel Dennis is played into the box and he takes the ball around Kasper Schmeichel before tapping it into the back of the net.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
53 mins: Aaron Cresswell swings the set piece in towards the near post. Declan Rice comes away with the ball but he’s marshalled out of the box. Said Benrahma is played towards the byline and he does well to keep the ball in play but it rolls to a City player and the home side quickly work the ball out from the back and West Ham are left scrambling to get back in formation.
Man City 1 - 0 West Ham
51 mins: West Ham stay patient as City pass the ball fluidly around the pitch. They move it from left to right but Cresswell times his tackle well and nicks it away from Riyad Mahrez. The Hammers then break forward down the right side and win a corner of their own.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments