Haaland completed back-to-back hat-tricks to help Manchester City to a 3-1 win at West Ham and send Pep Guardiola’s side top of the Premier League
can always draw strength from the likelihood of Erling Haaland producing the unanswerable ruthlessness that made the difference in this victory over an insubordinate West Ham.
The general consensus is that the best way to play City is to deny them space and hit them with fast counterattacks. As such, it was intriguing to watch West Ham veer in the opposite direction from the first whistle, pleasing the neutrals with a gung-ho approach that meant they contributed to the entertainment levels, both through their attacking play and their curious reluctance to have anyone marking Haaland.
With their creative talents afforded too much freedom, the visitors led four minutes later. West Ham had just about survived another raid from Kevin De Bruyne when Lucas Paquetá lost track of Emerson Palmieri’s heavy pass just outside the area, inviting Silva to nip in and send Haaland through to roll a disdainful finish past Alphonse Areola.earlier in the day, City spent the next few minutes threatening to extinguish any memory of West Ham.
A second goal duly arrived. Grealish moved away from Aaron Wan-Bissaka on the half-hour before a neat exchange between Silva, Kovacic and Rico Lewis left Haaland in space on the right. With Emerson slow to react, the striker walloped a rocket past Areola.
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