After a first half in which West Ham had an inspired Areola in goal and City with an uninspired Haaland, it was reinforcement Ward-Prowse who scored for the Hammers in the 36th minute, in a fish dive.
David Moyes tried to exploit the transition and ‘hurt’ the English champions, but City maintained the pressure in the second half, which practically opened with the equalizer, with Belgian reinforcement Doku accelerating on the left to make it 1-1 made, at 46.
The turnaround came at the feet of Bernardo Silva, after a bad approach, at the moment of the jump, by center Aguerd, with the Portuguese making it 2-1, at 76, and at 86 it was Haaland who did not waste. and scored the 3-1, in an action in which Bernardo Silva assisted the Norwegianafter benefiting from an intelligent move from Matheus Nunes, who came on and made his debut aged 67 after being signed from Wolverhampton at the start of the month.
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Manchester City leads the English League with 15 points, ahead of Liverpool and Tottenham with 13, who today defeated Wolverhampton away (3-1) and at home to Sheffield United (2-1) respectively.
Behind them is Brighton, with 12 points in five rounds, and who defeated Manchester United 3-1 at Old Trafford today.
With the starts of Diogo Dalot and Bruno Fernandes, the ‘Red Devils’ are still far from their glory days and were defeated today by the ‘Seagulls’, in a match in which they lost 3-0.
For Brighton, Welbeck (20 minutes), Pascal Gross (53) and João Pedro (71) scored, while Manchester United, which had three defeats in five games, could only reduce the deficit through Mejbri (73).
The round, in which Fulham, led by Marco Silva and João Palhinha on the field, defeated Luton on home field (1-0), was rich in ‘somersaults’, from Liverpool, Manchester City, but also Aston Villa, against Crystal Palace (3-1) and Tottenham against Sheffield United (2-1).
Spurs suffered until the end to achieve victory, with the team responding to Sheffield’s goal, by Hamer (74 minutes), already in stoppage time, with Richarlison scoring at 90+8, and Kulusevski at 90+ 10, Spurs- goals .
In Birmingham, Crystal Palace, who did not have coach Roy Hogdson on the bench after feeling unwell today, scored first, but Aston Villa also turned the corner in the closing moments, with goals, in the 88th (Duran), 90th. 8 (Douglas Luiz, from a penalty) and on 90+10 (Bailey).
The fifth round of the ‘Premier’ continues on Saturday, with Newcastle hosting Brentford, on Sunday with Bournemouth-Chelsea and Everton-Arsenal matches, and concludes on Monday with Nottingham Forest-Burnley.
Source: DN
