West Ham vs Man City [1-3] | All Goals & Extended Highlights | Premier League 2024/24
Manchester City make it three wins from their opening three Premier League games by seeing off a spirited West Ham at the London Stadium thanks to another hat-trick of Erling Haaland goals; Ruben Dias own goal had hauled hosts level.
Manchester City took full advantage of Arsenal’s slip-up at home to Brighton to move clear at the top of the nascent Premier League table as another stunning Erling Haaland hat-trick secured a 3-1 win at West Ham on.
The Gunners had to settle for a point earlier on Saturday after Declan Rice’s controversial red card cost his side two points – and Haaland’s first-half double set the defending champions on their way to maintaining their perfect start to the new campaign in the capital.
Haaland then became the first player to score a hat-trick in two of an English team’s first three league games in a season since Paul Jewell for Bradford in 1994/95. What a diamond he is.
West Ham – who sit in 13th place on three points – might have conceded from City’s first attack as Jack Grealish found Bernardo Silva on the overlap but his dinked cross was headed over by Haaland. The Norwegian didn’t dwell on the miss, breaking the deadlock not long after.
Lucas Paqueta was sloppy in possession as Silva pinched the ball off his toes to release the striker, who finished with ease low beyond Alphonse Areola.
City came within inches of doubling their lead when Kevin De Bruyne, picked out by Jeremy Doku, smacked the post – and moments later, the hosts levelled in fortuitous circumstances.
Jarrod Bowen was found down the right channel and after Josko Gvardiol afforded him too much space to cross, Ruben Dias diverted the ball past Ederson in his attempts to intercept .
It briefly sparked West Ham into life, but City gathered themselves and restored their lead 11 minutes later. This time, he was set up by the impressive Rico Lewis before one touch out of his feet was followed by a devastating finish above Areola.
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