West Ham United vs Manchester City Summary
Manchester City secured another win on their visit to the capital. Playing at London Stadium with their strongest starting eleven, The Citizen saw no hassle to beat West Ham United with three goals to one. Erling Haaland completed his hat-trick while The Hammers benefited with Ruben Dias’ own goal in the first half.
West Ham United Player Ratings vs Manchester City
Goalkeeper
Alphonse Areola (7/10): West Ham’s best player in the first half, busy denying the chances of the opponents.
Defenders
Aaron Wan-Bissaka (6.7/10): Give more options from the flank to put City under pressure.
Konstantinos Mavropanos (6.8/10): Defending with his best, dealing with the relentless pressure from City.
Maximilian Kilman (6.6/10): Cleared and intercepted balls on numerous occasions.
Emerson Palmieri (6.8/10): Put up a tough challenge for City on the flank side.
Midfielders
Guido Rodríguez (6.7/10): Not easy to deal with City’s heavyweight midfielders but he has done it well somehow.
Edson Álvarez (6.8/10): Give balance in the middle alongside Rodriguez and Paqueta
Lucas Paqueta (6.9/10): Alongside Bowen, the Brazilian put up an even fight with City’s world-class midfielders.
Forwards
Jarod Bowen (6.8/10): Put pressure on City’s defence, forcing Ruben Dias to commit an own goal.
Mohammed Kudus (6.8/10): Got some of his chances denied throughout the match.
Michail Antonio (6.5/10): To be fair, not a single threat coming from this guy.
Substitutions
Lukasz Fabianski (6.9/10): It was a good performance overall with several saves and chance-denying moments.
Vladimir Coufal (6.6/10): Gives West Ham fresh legs to keep up with City’s relentless pressure.
Niclas Fullkrug (6.9/10): Was expected to bring changes after replacing Antonio.
Tomas Soucek (6.7/10): Julen Lopetegui tried to spice things up by putting on Soucek, hoping for another goal.
Crysencio Summerville (6.6/10): With the games was impossibly to be saved, captain Bowen made way for Summerville.
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Manchester City Player Ratings vs West Ham United
Goalkeeper
Ederson Moraes (6.5/10) Due to City’s dominance on the ball, Ederson did not get much pressure at the back.
Defenders
Josko Gvardiol (7/10): Kept the defending area clean with his interceptions and ball clearances.
Ruben Dias (7/10): His good defending the whole match was ruined by an own goal in the first half.
Manuel Akanji (6.7/10): Defended the area well with interceptions and clearances.
Midfielders
Matteo Kovacic (7.3/10): Dominant on the ball, keeping the composure in the midfield.
Rico Lewis (7/10): Started to gain his place in the midfield area, balancing the area with De Bruyne and Kovacic on both sides.
Kevin De Bruyne (8.3/10): De Bruyne was just being De Bruyne with his accurate passes and effective gameplay.
Bernardo Silva (7.3/10): Caused trouble in West Ham’s defence with his pace and speed.
Forwards
Jack Grealish (7/10): Wandering the final third to either send accurate passes or shoot it for himself.
Jeremy Doku (7.5/10): He is an absolute dangerous threat for West Ham with the ball on his feet.
Erling Haaland (8.3/10): A hat-trick. That is it.
Substitutions
Ilkay Gundogan (6.9/10): With him replacing Doku in the second half, City kept dominating the game.
Matheus Nunes (6.8/10): Amid the departure rumour, Nunes still be given playing time by Guardiola.
Kyle Walker (6.9/10): City had no mercy for West Ham with the game was almost in hand; play Walker.
Nathan Ake (6.6/10): Pep Guardiola tried to slow things down by replacing De Bruyne with Ake.
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