Erling Haaland 3-1 West Ham

This game at the London stadium could be summarised as Erling Haaland three West Ham one. Whilst Manchester City were the superior side throughout most of the 90 minutes, Haaland was the vital difference between the two sides. West Ham started brightly, pushing on, denying the visitors space. Jarrod Bowen saw an early effort parried out by City keeper Edison Then, a slick move involving Josko Gvardiol, Kevin De Bruyne and Jack Grealish, ended with Haaland heading over, with the goal at his mercy. But that was a warning of things to come. Lucas Paqueta wastefully gave the ball away to Bernardo Silver, whose threaded pass was finished by Haaland. De Bruyne then saw a shot go wide and hit the post. Against the run of play, Bowen got off down the right, to fire a low cross over, that was diverted into his own net by Ruben Dias. But it wasn't long before City were back in front, a slick move across the area that began with Grealish, ended with a Rico Lewis lay off for Haaland to fire home into the roof of the net. Haaland then turned provider putting through Lewis who fired high and wide. West Ham's final effort of the half saw Mohammed Kudus fire wide, after latching onto a cross field ball from Edison Alvarez. Kudus was quickly out of the blocks after the break, accelerating clear to find Bowen, whose return pass saw the little Ghanaian hit the post. Kudus then conjured a chance for Tomas Soucek in the centre of the area but he fired weakly wide. The final act from Haaland came when Matheus Nunez put him clear to fire home. A late effort at a consolation saw Crysencio Summerville's shot pushed onto the post by Ederson. West Ham manager Julen Lopetegui felt his team started very well "but did not score in the moment." Manchester City punish teams, who don't take their chances. "We need to be more solid, if we want to win these sort of matches," said Lopetegui, who saw good things in the team as well Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola felt Haaland played an unbelievable game, not just the goals. "Everyone played really good," said a pleased Guardiola.