“We dropped a little tonight but not much and we managed to create some chances,” Guardiola said. It was the 1,000th goal of Guardiola’s City reign.Ĭity is in ominous form, recording nine straight wins in the league and extending its unbeaten run in all competitions to 19 games. Haaland, who had been relatively quiet, put the game beyond doubt when he ran on to Grealish’s through ball and lifted his shot over the goalkeeper and into the back of the net to make history.Ĭity still had time to add another when Foden came off the bench to shoot from distance, with the ball taking a deflection and wrong-footing Fabianski. Riyad Mahrez’ free kick was played to the far post, where Ake met it and headed down past Lukasz Fabianski. On the rare occasions City did create clear openings, Jack Grealish and Rodri hit the post.Īfter struggling in the first half, City took just five minutes after the restart to find the breakthrough. While the result suggested a routine win for City, West Ham proved to be frustrating opponents for the opening 45 minutes, limiting the home team to just a few chances. Guardiola’s defending champions also have a game in hand on their title rival. The win moved City back to the top of the standings, a point above Arsenal, which had gone to the summit after a 3-1 win against Chelsea on Tuesday. Substitute Phil Foden added a third with a deflected effort in the 85th.
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