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
GREAT SAVE! Fornals doesn't have a lot of space down the right, but he manages to whip a great cross into the box. Scamacca glances a header on and Ederson stretches to tip it wide, but the flag means it wouldn't have counted anyway.
West Ham United vs Manchester City
It's better from West Ham here and they're forcing City deeper. It's patient play, but they're starting to threaten the visitors.
West Ham United vs Manchester City
CHANCE! City's keep it alive after Zouma's clearance and Grealish skips away from Coufal before clipping it to Haaland on the edge of the six-yard box. He flicks the header but sends it high over the bar.
West Ham United vs Manchester City
After a good spell just before City's second goal, West Ham are on the backfoot again, being penned back deep in their own half. Gundogan spins away from Rice before picking out De Bruyne, but Zouma blocks the cross.
West Ham United vs Manchester City
Straight from the restart, Johnson tries to get his side straight upfield by going long over the top to Bowen. He's not on the same wavelength though, and Ake is there to cut it out.
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