West Ham United vs Manchester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Manchester City in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
West Ham United vs Manchester City
City are still finding a lot of space down the left and Silva clips a good cross into the middle towards Alvarez. Rice reads it well though, but can't clear it further than Rodri.
West Ham United vs Manchester City
West Ham are starting to look tired, and they're not closing City down as quickly as before. The visitors are happy to just keep possession in their own half at the moment.
West Ham United vs Manchester City
Another patient passage of play sees City draw West Ham out of their shape and Grealish squares it to Rodri on the edge of the box. He has a go from range but fires his shot wide of the near post.
West Ham United vs Manchester City
Haaland is the second Manchester City player to score a brace on his Premier League debut, following Sergio Aguero in August 2011.
West Ham United vs Manchester City
Substitution Erling Braut Haaland Julián Álvarez
West Ham United vs Manchester City
CLOSE! Again, City switch it well from right to left, and Johnson just loses Grealish's run into the box. He tries to catch out Areola at his near post but drags it just wide.
West Ham United vs Manchester City
Cancelo manages to pick out a throughball to Gundogan, who spins away from Soucek again to try and tee up Haaland. It's a loose first touch from him though and it gives Zouma the chance to get back into position.
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