Manchester City fought back from a goal down to equal the record of successive Premier League victories, making it 13 in a row and restoring their eight-point lead at the top thanks to David Silva’s late winner
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Sun 3 Dec 2017 13.01 EST
First published on Sun 3 Dec 2017 10.00 EST
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There’s no sign of Pep Guardiola haranguing any West Ham players after the final whistle. He must have appreciated their effort. It wasn’t enough for them to claim an unlikely point, though, even though they led thanks to Angelo Ogbonna’s goal at half-time. West Ham leave with nothing despite an improved defensive performance and remain in 19th place, winless under David Moyes and three points off 17th place before hosting Chelsea and Arsenal next. The points belong to City. The leaders were off colour, but they responded in the second half, equalising through Nicolas Otamendi before David Silva earned them another late win. It’s City’s 13th successive victory, equalling the Premier League record, and their eight-point lead over Manchester United is back - just in time for next week’s trip to Old Trafford. Thanks for emailing and reading. Bye.
Full-time: Manchester City 2-1 West Ham
City have done it again.
90 min+4: Adrian charges out of his area to try to beat Jesus to the ball on the right. He’s committed himself and once he’s realised he’s losing the race, he slides in to bring the striker down and earns a booking.
90 min+3: Bernardo Silva replaces Leroy Sane.
90 min+1: Arnautovic hassles Mangala on the right, showing good strength to bully the defender off the ball before making off with it. The Austrian looks up and cuts the ball back to Sakho, who clips a low shot just wide of the left post! What a chance for West Ham! Guardiola is absolutely livid with Mangala, who looks like he’s injured himself in the process.
88 min: Andre Ayew replaces the knackered Antonio.
87 min: City get a bit too cocky and West Ham win back possession in a threatening position. Arnautovic hangs a ball into the middle from the left - but it’s just too high for the unmarked Antonio! That was a scare for City. Antonio, meanwhile, has gone down clutching the back of his right leg. It looks like cramp.
86 min: City are now indulging themselves in some keep ball.
85 min: Fernandino replaces Sergio Aguero. What a ball that was from De Bruyne, who was having one of his quieter games.
GOAL! Manchester City 2-1 West Ham (Silva, 83 min)
They’ve done it again! And this is superb. Kevin de Bruyne finally earns a yard of space and he takes advantage of it with an insouciant curling ball over the West Ham defence. Rice hasn’t realised that Silva has run behind him and the Spaniard adjusts brilliantly to hang out his left leg and divert a low volley past the distraught Adrian from close range! City’s patience has been rewarded and West Ham, utterly shattered, are heartbroken.
81 min: West Ham break at last and Antonio almost restores their lead! He steams inside from the left, on to his right foot, and hammers a rising shot towards the far corner, only for Ederson to make a fine save!
80 min: Fernandes, I think, goes down in the middle of West Ham’s half. There was no foul, though. City play on. The pressure is relentless here. But West Ham are protecting Adrian with so much heart.
79 min: Aguero’s shot from the edge of the area is charged down. Time is running out for City, even though West Ham are locked into their own area. But they do have a habit of scoring late goals.
77 min: City play around with the thing inside West Ham’s area. Silva turns and sees a shot blocked. Jesus tries to force in the loose ball, but he has to settle for a corner. The pressure grows.
76 min: Antonio charges off in pursuit of a long ball and almost nicks it off the dawdling Mangala. Almost.
75 min: West Ham are no longer attacking. Adrian wants them to push up. It’s not happening.
73 min: Walker skips round Masuaku on the right, but his inviting cross flashes across the face of goal, no City player attacking it in the six-yard box. Walker is entitled to ask why.
71 min: Gabriel Jesus receives a pass with his back to goal on the edge of the area, turns and tries to bend a careful shot into the right corner. Adrian, however, reads his intentions and dives to get a hand to it! Sterling hurtles in, with the goal vacant, but his timing is off and he miscontrols, allowing the visitors to hack the ball clear! What a let-off for West Ham! Adrian is having a bit of a stormer.
70 min: De Bruyne’s deflected shot from 20 yards is straight at Adrian. West Ham have 20 minutes to hold on.
69 min: Marko Arnautovic replaces Manuel Lanzini.
68 min: Sane has another go, but this one flies off target from 20 yards.
67 min: Sane runs at the isolated Zabaleta, swerves to the left and thumps a shot goalwards. Adrian is equal to it again, parrying the ball to safety.
66 min: Silva smacks a shot well over from 20 yards. There have been a few wild efforts from City today. They still aren’t looking particularly impressive.
64 min: Sane flattens Cresswell with a powerful shot. It looked like the defender handled it, mind you. Maybe he was playacting to throw Mike Dean off the scent.
63 min: De Bruyne shoots over from long range. “Just thought I mention that Delph dived shamelessly to win that free kick,” says Darren MacGowan. “It was egregious.”
62 min: Walker bursts inside from the right and stabs a pass through to Jesus. The Brazilian’s hooked volley is deflected wide by Rice. West Ham clear the corner.
61 min: Sane tricks his way into the area on the left, moving the ball on to his right foot, but Adrian dives to his right to beat the winger’s rising shot away.
59 min: De Bruyne is booked for tripping Masuaku.
58 min: Expect City to turn the screw now. West Ham are going to have show so much character.
GOAL! Manchester City 1-1 West Ham (Otamendi, 57 min)
The pressure didn’t subside, however, and West Ham finally crack! Gabriel Jesus makes his first helpful contribution since coming on, driving into the area from the right and hammering a low ball into the six-yard box. It’s past Adrian and Otamendi bundles it in off Rice!
56 min: De Bruyne really does fancy it. He curls the ball around the wall viciously, but Adrian flies to his left to push it away!
55 min: City have had the ball for ages. Sterling has a shot blocked on the edge of the area. Delph goes on a dribble, twisting in between two defenders before being chopped down on the edge of the area by Rice, who does well to avoid a second booking. De Bruyne fancies this. This is a huge chance for the Belgian.
54 min: West Ham are very deep. They haven’t had the ball for a while.
53 min: City patiently probe on the edge of the area. The ball comes to Sane on the left. He pushes Zabaleta back before finding Sterling, whose low shot hits the offside Sterling. That was City’s clearest opening so far.
51 min: Masuaku has a sighter from 30 yards. It bounces in front of Ederson, who makes an easy save. West Ham have made a decent start to the second half. The home fans are turning up the volume now.
48 min: Lanzini is down after getting clobbered by the clumsy Mangala. He needs some treatment, but he should be okay.
47 min: Obiang tugs De Bruyne back on the right and concedes a free-kick. Adrian punches De Bruyne’s delivery clear, though.
46 min: West Ham - who are winning - get the second half underway. City are in a 4-2-4 system now. “It’s the hope that kills,” says Tom Shaw. “Forty five minutes of pure torture looms ahead.”
Manchester City are making a change: Gabriel Jesus is replacing Danilo.
Yes, it's true. Man City to win 8-0 tomorrow is shorter odds (70/1) than for West Ham to win 1-0 (90/1) 😳😳 pic.twitter.com/zttDLVnGd9
— Coral (@Coral) December 2, 2017
Half-time: Manchester City 0-1 West Ham
Mike Dean brings an end to a brilliant half for David Moyes’s struggling side. Against all expectations, they’re in front at the home of the leaders thanks to Angelo Ogbonna’s header. They deserve to be ahead and they’re restoring a lot of pride here. Whether they can hold on, though, remains to be seen. Expect Pep Guardiola to tear into his lethargic players during the break. Jose Mourinho is the world’s biggest West Ham supporter at the moment. See you in 15 minutes.
45 min+4: City’s supporters don’t seem to know how to react. This wasn’t in the script. There are a few howls as another pass goes astray.
45 min+3: Ogbonna has scored a few big goals for West Ham - the defender got a 120th minute winner against Liverpool in the FA Cup two years ago and the decisive goal in the recent League Cup win over Tottenham.
45 min+2: Silva slips a pass through to Aguero, who’s offside as he sees his shot saved by Adrian.
45 min+1: West Ham merit this lead, having defended well and caused a lethargic City a few problems, but they’ll face four minutes of stoppage time.
GOAL! Manchester City 0-1 West Ham (Ogbonna, 45 min)
Do not adjust your screens. West Ham take the corner short, Cresswell knocking it back to Lanzini. The Argentinian assesses his options before playing it back to Cresswell, who curls a fine ball into the middle. And no one is close enough to Ogbonna, who rises to thump a low header to Ederson’s right. The goalkeeper gets his hand to the ball, but he can’t keep it out and this is preposterous!
44 min: West Ham break through the middle and Sakho is quickly involved. He shoots hopefully from the right and wins a corner, the ball spinning behind off Mangala.
43 min: Cheikhou Kouyate can’t continue. He looks miffed. Diafra Sakho replaces the midfielder and will go up front. Aguero, meanwhile, has had one touch in West Ham’s area.
42 min: This is turning into a big test for City. Manchester United’s win at Arsenal yesterday cut the lead to five points and City haven’t responded yet. They’re allowing this first half to drift away.
40 min: Kouyate wants to continue. West Ham are down to 10 men for the time being. Not for too long, though. Kouyate is back on.
38 min: Walker wallops a shot over from 35 yards. Guardiola looks unimpressed. West Ham have a problem, though. Kouyate has gone down with what looks like a hamstring problem.
37 min: Sane’s shot is deflected over for a corner.
36 min: Cresswell fails to beat the first man with his corner. A waste.
35 min: Sane and Sterling have barely been in the game at all. De Bruyne has offered little. Aguero hasn’t had a shot yet. Moyes must be loving this. And West Ham are growing in confidence. Lanzini, finally on the ball in a meaningful position, finds Antonio on the right of the area. He can’t sort his feet out, but a loose tackle inadvertently takes the ball through to Lanzini. From a tight angle, he hammers a shot at Ederson, who pushes it wide at his near post. That’s probably the best chance of the first half so far.
34 min: This is quite a dull game, but that’s making it strangely absorbing. When will City wake up? How long can West Ham maintain this level of organisation?
33 min: The free-kick’s clipped down the left channel by Cresswell, Antonio peeling behind Walker and running through to face Ederson. The flag’s up for offside, though.
32 min: Masuaku has a saunter down the left. Otamendi cynically brings him down but gets away without a booking.