West Ham 0 Man City 2 LIVE REACTION: Haaland scores deadly double on debut to get Champions off to perfect start
MAN CITY got their Premier League season off to the perfect start with a 2-0 win over West Ham in London.
Erling Haaland scored both goals on his debut to silence the critics from last weekend as Guardiola's men got their campaign off to the perfect start.
- RESULT: West Ham 0-2 Man City
- West Ham XI: Fabianski, Coufal, Zouma, Cresswell, Johnson, Rice, Soucek, Lanzini, Bowen, Fornals, Antonio
- Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Ake, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne, Gundogan (C), Foden, Haaland, Grealish
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20, Haaland comes close!
Foden curls in a lovely ball, but it's inches in front of the on-running Haaland who would have had a sitter with his head.
West Ham 0-0 Man City
19, A word on City's kit.
West Ham may feel like they're playing against 11 parking attendants at the moment.
The high-vis is certainly not hard to miss.
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19, City are probing.
Foden spots Grealish in space who scoops one into Haaland. It rolls out to De Bruyne who attempts something similar but West ham stand firm.
West Ham 0-0 Man City
17, Guardiola looks deep in thought as City win their first corner of the match.
It doesn't beat the first man.
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15, West Ham try the long ball over the top, but Lanzini had strayed offside.
A chance for City to launch another attack now.
West Ham 0-0 Man City
13, Rice's interception on Rodri draws a roar from the crowd. But their attack is cut short and City get up the other end with Cancelo.
The full-back drifts inside and finds De Bruyne who hesitates before dragging his shot wide of the far post.
Big let-off for the hosts.
West Ham 0-0 Man City
12, After an early Manchester City scare, the visitors are having it all their own way now, making West Ham do the work.
Grealish is left in a heap on the floor after a mis-timed tackle by Coufal. He's lucky to escape without a booking there.
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8, City are looking to apply the pressure.
Rodri feeds one into Haaland and Zouma is forced to shank one clear.
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7, Grealish tries to tease one in towards Haaland, but Johnson is there to head clear.
The Englishman is finding room down the left though.
West Ham 0-0 Man City
5, City's first attack ends up in the arms of Fabianski.
Cancelo and Grealish combine down the left, but the winger's ball in is too close to the keeper.
It looks as though Foden will occupy the right-hand side, with Haaland through the middle.
West Ham 0-0 Man City
2, An early scare for the visitors!
Cresswell swings in a speculative ball to Antonio and it's out for a corner.
West Ham keep the pressure on and Antonio gets another chance, leaping highest, flicking his header just over the bar.
KICK-OFF - West Ham vs Man City
Both sets of players take the knee and referee Michael Oliver blows his whistle to get this one underway.
Antonio and De Bruyne appeared to be in deep conversation on the half-way line in the lead-up.
Here come the players!
Both sets of players emerge from the tunnel into to a bouncing London Stadium.
The fans are in very good voice for this spectacle.
It's all smiles amongst the West Ham players who look delighted to be back.
New faces
West Ham's latest addition Maxwel Cornet is being unveiled in front of the fans prior to kick-off and receives a warm reception.
The Ivorian, who signed for £17.5million, will be a spectator for this one.
Friends before foes
David Moyes and Pep Guardiola re-acquaint themselves before the match gets underway.
Who will have the edge today?
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Finding their range
Just 10 minutes to go!
The players are out perfecting their craft.
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.Credit: Reuters Guardiola wants to keep Bernardo Silva
Manchester City's little magician has been linked with a move away from Manchester in recent days.
He is on the bench this afternoon, but Guardiola has made his position clear, saying he '100% wants Bernardo to stay'.
The boss went on to confirm the club has not yet received an offer for the Portugese star.
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Following the signings of Scamacca from Sassuolo and Maxwel Cornet from Burnley, David Moyes is reportedly willing to sell both Benrahma and Vlasic.
Weather check
Clear skies over the London stadium for this afternoon's clash.
Temperatures are expected to reach 32 degrees Celsius in the capital.
Gundogan expecting physical game
City's captain discussed what he expect's from West Ham today:
I expect a very physical game. We played them a couple of months ago. I expect a similar game. We were only able to get one point unfortunately. It's going to be tough. We'll have to be patient. We have to move the ball good and especially work off the ball quite hard because that will bring us the rhythm.
Ilkay Gundogan, Manchester City captain
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The players have arrived at the London stadium ahead of kick-off, which is just half an hour away!
Man Utd lose to Brighton
Elsewhere today, Manchetser City's noisy neighbours have just succumbed to a 2-1 defeat to Brighton at Old Trafford.
The City fans already have something to cheer about.
Rice in the veins
West Ham's number 41 captains the Hammers for the first time in the Premier League this afternoon, at the age of just 23.
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West Ham's young player of the season Ben Johnson, discussed the timing of today’s fixture ahead of the game:
I think it’s the best time to play them to be hones. I think we’ve done enough in pre-season fitness wise to see what we can do and hopefully we can get a good result today.
Ben Johnson, West Ham defenderCaptain Ilkay
Ilkay Gundogan has been handed the captain's armband for today's contest, despite the presence of Ruben Dias, who is their usual leader.
Gundogan was the hero on the final day of last season, scoring twice in a dramatic late comeback at Villa Park to seal the Premier League title.
Perhaps, this is the German's reward.
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