West Ham 0-2 Man City: Cityzens ease past The Irons as Haaland strikes twice

Manchester City's Erling Haaland
Photo Credit: AP

Manchester City started on the right in the new Premier League season with victory against West Ham United. Today’s result, The Hammers are in 16th place, with 0 points from 1 match, while Man City sit in 2nd, with 3 points from 1.

Man City started the match well, thanks to a goal from Erling Haaland, 36 minutes in and saw the first half out 1-0.

Cityzens continued to pile on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, when Erling Haaland found the net again at the 65 minute mark, which sealed the victory for the visitors.

Substitutions for The Hammers included Alphonse Areola, Said Benrahma, Gianluca Scamacca, Flynn Downes and Conor Coventry for Lukasz Fabianski, Manuel Lanzini, Michail Antonio, Jarrod Bowen and Pablo Fornals, repectively. Man City replaced Ilkay Gundogan, Erling Haaland, Phil Foden, Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri for Bernardo Silva, Julian Alvarez, Riyad Mahrez, Cole Palmer and Kalvin Phillips.

The referee booked Joao Cancelo for Man City.

In the second round of action in the Premier League The Hammers will play against Nottingham Forest away and Man City will play against Bournemouth at home.

Technical card:
West Ham United:Lukasz Fabianski (Alphonse Areola, min.28), Vladimir Coufal, Kurt Zouma, Ben Johnson, Aaron Cresswell, Jarrod Bowen (Flynn Downes, min.90), Tomas Soucek, Declan Rice, Manuel Lanzini (Said Benrahma, min.57), Pablo Fornals (Conor Coventry, min.90) and Michail Antonio (Gianluca Scamacca, min.57)
Manchester City:Ederson, Kyle Walker, Nathan Ake, Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo, Rodri (Kalvin Phillips, min.89), Kevin De Bruyne (Cole Palmer, min.89), Ilkay Gundogan (Bernardo Silva, min.78), Erling Haaland (Julian Alvarez, min.78), Phil Foden (Riyad Mahrez, min.88) and Jack Grealish
Stadium:London Stadium
Goals:Erling Haaland (0-1, min. 36) and Erling Haaland (0-2, min. 65)
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