Only Man City has all wins in the Premier League this season

The turning point of the match came in 10 minutes, when Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland scored two goals for Man City in the 76th and 86th minutes. Before that, West Ham thought they would get a point when they took the lead in the 36th minute thanks to James Ward. -Prowse then kept the score 1-1 for more than 30 minutes at the beginning of the second half, after letting Jeremy Doku equalize at the beginning of the second half.

Statistics after the match showed that the defending champion was completely dominated, holding the ball 69%, finishing 29 times, with 15 shots towards the goal, while West Ham only finished six times, including three towards the goal. Man City also dominated in the number of corner kicks with 11, while the host only had four. The way they struggled to wait until near the end of the match to escape was not a true reflection of the situation on the London field.

Man City entered the game with confidence from their last 15 wins over West Ham in the Premier League and some excitement from coach Pep Guardiola returning after returning to Barcelona to have back surgery and then recover. Opta's calculator also forecasts that the defending champion has a 59.5% chance of winning today.

However, in a fast-paced attack, with many scoring opportunities created from Jeremy Doku's speedy runs on the left wing and Julian Alvarez's sharpness in the number 10 role, Man City came close. Perfect in every step except finishing. In the 6th minute, within just 10 seconds, home goalkeeper Alphonse Areola saved the home team three times. His teammates blocked shots from the defending champion on two other occasions, one of which was when Soucek blocked the ball right in front of the goal line.

By the 14th minute, Doku continued to make a strong impression when he coordinated with Josko Gvardiol - who played left back in this match, to let the Croatian player stretch into the penalty area for Haaland to finish in an unmarked position. But the Norwegian striker's very comfortable right foot kick sent the ball off target. Haaland did not hide his disappointment and regret when he hugged his face after this missed kick.

When the goal seemed to be just a matter of time for Man City, they suddenly conceded from a careless sideline defense in the 36th minute. Gvardiol made the mistake of not blocking Jarrod Bowen's diagonal pass to the sidelines, while Doku lost. Speed ​​racing with Coufal, letting him dribble the ball up and then hanging the ball into the penalty area for Ward-Prowse to fly and head low at Ederson. Gvardiol bears the most responsibility for this defeat because the center awkwardly rose up and moved into the middle of the play like a central midfielder.

Man City equalized in the first minute of the second half with a combination between the two most dynamic players from the beginning of the match. Alvarez opened the ball to the right for Doku and the Belgian winger born in 2002 confidently held the ball into the penalty area, "twisted" Coufal and then cut the ball in his right leg and stuck the ball into the far corner, causing the opponent's goalkeeper to be helpless. .

After conceding, West Ham switched completely to defense and lurked for counter-attack opportunities, or waited for set pieces. They almost took the lead a second time with Kurt Zouma's fierce and fierce header in the 61st minute, but Ederson's excellent reflexes were able to clear it.

When the match clock ticked 70 minutes, Man City had 25 shots when the match clock ticked 70 minutes, while the home team only had five shots. But just over 5 minutes later, the defending champion concretized his advantage. Julian Alvarez pressed the ball right in front of the 16m50 area so that Bernardo Silva - the person who initiated the arrangement - escaped, lifted the ball past Areola's reach, and scored into the far corner.

This goal helps Man City remove the psychological burden to continue to flourish with intense pressure on the field. Haaland failed with a one-touch kick when facing Areola after a pass from the right by Walker in the 81st minute. This was Haaland's eighth shot since the beginning of the match. But he only needed more than five minutes. In the ninth shot, Haaland succeeded with a deep left-footed shot, scoring his seventh goal in five Premier League matches this season.

Man City thus maintained their winning streak in the first five rounds and is the only team in the Premier League currently able to maintain this achievement. In the next two matches, Man City will return to the Etipad home field to host Red Star Belgrad on September 20 in the Champions League group stage, then host Nottigham Forest in round 6 of the Premier League three days later.