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Raheem Sterling scored a hat-trick as Manchester City began their Premier League title defence with a 5-0 win against West Ham .
The game also saw the very first decision overturned by VAR in the Premier League, Sterling saw a goal ruled out for offside and Sergio Aguero was given a chance to retake a saved penalty after Lukas Fabianski moved in front of his line before saving.
Sterling doubled City’s lead after the break following Gabriel Jesus’ opening goal and from then it became a case of how many Pep Guardiola’s side would score.
A well-timed run from deep was found by Mahrez for his second, and the third, after Aguero’s penalty, came in similar fashion.
See how we rated the players in the gallery below
Show all 22 1 /22West Ham vs Man City player ratings West Ham vs Man City player ratings <b>West Ham:</b> Lukasz Fabianski - 5 out of 10 Was brilliant for West Ham last season, but looked a little bit wobbly an indecisive against City. Poor footwork put him in awkward positions.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Ryan Fredericks - 5 Rarely had the chance to venture forward and spent the majority of the game going a reasonable job on Zinchenko
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Fabio Balbuena - 5 Did not offer a great deal of assurance that West Ham have found a good centre back partnership. De Bruyne eased past him like he wasn’t there en route to setting up Sterling to score.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Issa Diop - 5 Could have done better at the front post to clear Walker’s low cross to Jesus for the first goal. Did not look especially set throughout.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Aaron Cresswell - 3 Struggled against Walker and Mahrez with little help. Was always second-best in dangerous one-on-one situations.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Jack Wilshere - 5 Did not get a huge amount of time on the ball and rarely made a huge difference in the final third.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Declan Rice - 5 Picked up from where he left off last season. Brilliant at breaking up play and was useful going forward.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Felipe Anderson - 6 Showed glimpses of good play throughout, but did nothing to set the game alight.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Manuel Lanzini - 7 After a forgettable season ruined by injuries, Lanzini started really well and was always lively in dangerous areas. He looks like he has a great relationship with Haller, something West Ham fans should be excited by.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings John Stones - 6 Not given the greatest amount of work to do, but did everything to a decent standard.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Sebastien Haller - 7 Looks like one Haller of a signing. His hold up play was brilliant throughout and he was a handful for City defenders.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings <b>Manchester City:</b> Ederson - 8 Produced a brilliant double save to deny Hernandez and Lanzini from close range using instinctive reactions.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Kyle Walker - 7 Was brilliant in attacking areas and created the first goal with an Olympic-like run beyond the defence.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Aymeric Laporte - 7 Impressed when tested by Haller.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings John Stones - 6 Not given the greatest amount of work to do, but did everything to a decent standard.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Oleksandr Zinchenko - 6 Kept the defence on his toes when he got forward with some decent runs, but they did not result in anything profitable.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Kevin De Bruyne - 7 Was short of his best but still produced a really good display. Drifted past players with the ball and always made the right decision in the final third.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Rodri - 6 Fernandinho’s shoes take some filling and Rodri will quickly find that out. He was mostly good on the ball but was caught in possession in dangerous areas a couple of times, one which resulted in a VAR check for a penalty to see if he fouled Lanzini in the box afterwards.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings David Silva - 6 City’s newly-appointed captain had a quiet match before being brought off in the second half.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Riyad Mahrez - 7 Will get a lot of game time following Sane’s injury. Started the season really well with some very nice runs from the right. Won the penalty in the second half.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Gabriel Jesus - 7 Picked ahead of Aguero and justified the decision with a goal in the first half.
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West Ham vs Man City player ratings Raheem Sterling - 9 Began the campaign with two goals and was involved in lots of City’s best one-touch play. His runs from deep had West Ham scrambling and were key to his brilliant hat-trick
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