London: Newly-crowned Premier League champions Manchester City continued their rampaging run in the English league as Pep Guardiola’s men thrashed West Ham 4-1 at the London Stadium, Sunday.
PFA Young Player of the Year Leroy Sane’s 13th minute opener took a decisive deflection off Patrice Evra, whose belated home debut for David Moyes’ side was generally a torrid experience, and an unfortunate own goal for former City favourite Pablo Zabaleta brought up 100 league goals this season for the Citizens, Man City popularly known as.
A touch of complacency crept into City’s work before half time as Aaron Creswell’s fine free-kick punished an error-strewn passage of play but they were rampant once more after the break.
Gabriel Jesus set in motion the move for his 12th top-flight goal of the campaign before fellow Brazil international Fernandinho got in on the act on his return from suspension. Raheem Sterling ended the game with a trio of assists.
City are now a goal shy of Chelsea’s Premier League best haul of 103 goals from the 2009-10 campaign, while tumbling records could not be further from the minds of West Ham, who sit precariously three points above the relegation zone with as many games to play.
Earlier Saturday, Chelsea rode on a fourth-minute strike by Spanish midfielder Cesc Fabregas to script a 1-0 at Swansea City.
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