Manchester City have the chance to extend their lead over Liverpool in the Premier League title race today against West Ham.Pep Guardiola's side will.
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Minute-by-minute report: Can Manchester City edge closer to title with a win over West Ham at the London Stadium? Find out with Daniel Harris.
But looking at the two teams is very different to looking at the game as it unfolds on the pitch, and City just have so much attacking class that if they play even reasonably well, West Ham will probably have to score twice to get a draw. And, should City win today, they’ll be on the cusp of a second successive title, a fourth in five years. Er, maybe a lot and maybe a little. 7 min The game might just be settling into a pattern now, City moving the ball as West Ham shuttle from side to side. Never before has a team accumulated such tallies, nor demanded such tallies of opponents simply to get in the race. He wants a penalty, but ref and VAR say to the contrary. But he’s a fair way out and gets under the ball, sending an effort over the top. Anyhow, Bernardo fires a ball over the top that won’t quite come down for Zinchenko, who pokes wide. Fornals does brilliantly to hook a pass over the top and Bowen’s in! The chances of clubs letting players and fans actually take a break is low I fear, but we can hope. I thought he was always an odd choice for City - a marvellous street footballer in a team of highly drilled pattern makers, a shiny bit of grit in the machine. But they’ll not be wanting to leave things to chance, because with the firepower Liverpool have, you just can’t be sure they won’t find the colossal win they’d probably need.
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Not much depth is available off the bench but when Gundogan, Sterling, and Foden are among the reserve options, things should be fine. Follow along to find out. Only three points behind and with this being a game in hand, they could move into sixth with a shock upset over City. It would be a dream sendoff for Mark Noble. Laporte and Fernandinho picked up knocks in the romp over Wolves but both are fit to go. Manchester City sit atop the Premier League with a three-point advantage over Liverpool and a plus-seven advantage when it comes to goal difference. With a victory over West Ham United on Sunday, Pep Guardiola's team could all but confirm the Premier League title barring an absolute collapse on the final day.
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West Ham vs Manchester City is a massive game on Sunday as City close in on the Premier League title, while the Hammers push for sixth place.
KICK OFF: Manchester City have had most of the ball but West Ham have had the better chance. That would be an incredible achievement for David Moyes’ side who beat Norwich 4-0 last time out and responded well to their own European semifinal defeat as they lost to Eintracht Frankfurt in disappointing fashion after a dream Europa League run this season. The West Ham legend is in tears.#WHUFC #MCFC #MN16 pic.twitter.com/Waq9nsOykz If they beat Man City and win on the final day at Brighton then barring a crazy goal difference swing with Manchester United they will finish in sixth for the second season in a row. City have won five PL games in a row (scoring 22 and conceding two in the process) as they power towards a fourth Premier League title in the last five seasons. That said, these defensive injuries could cause them problems against West Ham and Villa in their final two games as both of those sides are more than capable of causing an upset. FULL TIME: West Ham 2-2 Manchester City – Man City are four points clear at the top. That could force Pep Guardiola to play Rodri at center back with Nathan Ake as City juggle a slew of defensive injuries. He was in tears before the game when he walked out onto the pitch. West Ham lead. City are clicking through the gears now. He smacked it into the ground and it flies in.
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City needed a big response in the second half and they got off to a flying start. But Grealish pulled one back early in the second half, before a Vladimir Coufal own goal helped City salvage a 2-2 draw. Jack Grealish led a dramatic comeback at the London Stadium as Manchester City kept their Premier League title destiny in their own hands.
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Even after Vladimir Coufal headed into his own goal, West Ham had chances to win it through Antonio and Bowen before Gabriel Jesus was sliced down in the box. Amazing how effective Grealish can be when he hits a ball first time instead of smothering it in touches. Lukasz Fabianski sent one down the throat of Tomas Soucek. Bernardo Silva was never going to win that duel. The cheers on Merseyside could be heard in Stratford when Bowen rounded Ederson to reconfigure the title race. The temptation to blame the outcome on a crisis of City’s injured defenders should on balance be resisted. Having recovered from a two-goal deficit at half-time, Riyad Mahrez spurned the opportunity to ease City’s passage.
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But the point may yet prove crucial in the title chase and it keeps their destiny in their own hands ahead of their final game of the season. "It was fantastic send-off from the fans today. We spoke at half-time and said if we score one goal, we'll be in the game, don't give up. Bowen's double put City in unfamiliar territory. I'll always be associated with West Ham. We have to train calm and arrive fresh. They had not trailed a Premier League game since February - let alone trailed by two goals. A draw on the south coast would almost be enough for City, too. But Liverpool, with their game in hand, can still get to 92. And we will do everything in that game to win the title." We have one week. The goal left City with a mountain to climb in the second period but their response was immediate as Grealish's volley from the edge of the box took a nick off a West Ham player on its way into the net.
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Liverpool title race—when he skied a penalty late in the game in a 0–0 draw at Anfield. City manager Pep Guardiola hardly flinched when Fabianski dived to his left and clawed away Mahrez’s penalty. It was saved, though, by West Ham goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański and City had to settle for a 2–2 draw at the Olympic Stadium on Sunday—albeit from 2-0 down at halftime—to leave Liverpool still with hope.
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Score one goal and we'll be in the game.' Fortunately, we scored earlier in the second half and afterwards we had one chance... They are so good in the transitions. "It would have been perfect to win today but West Ham is fighting for Europa League and have had an incredible season. Mahrez stepped up but the penalty was saved by Fabianski as West Ham managed to hold on for the point. I think we played a really good game. It's so complicated to attack them and play against them, so difficult.
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"Very pleased to come back against West Ham like we did in this stadium. Grealish pulled one back inside four minutes of the restart with a volley from Rodrigo’s knockdown that flicked off Dawson’s leg and over Fabianski. Scored a well-take goal at a crucial time to drag City back into the contest and was a constant threat down the left wing, where his willingness to run at Coufal caused the full-back countless problems. Two punts from Fabianski allowed Bowen to score, with Fornals releasing the winger after Fernandinho only half cleared for the first, whilst Tomas Soucek and Antonio combined in a well-worked move for the second. It was a disappointing end to a pulsating contest in which City showed fighting spirit in abundance, but Guardiola’s men will feel satisfied to go into the final game of the season with our destiny in our own hands. The winger penetrated City’s defensive line again to double the lead on the stroke of half-time, racing clear of our back four from Michail Antonio’s pass and picking out the bottom right corner with a composed finish.
In the latter stages of the game, Mahrez saw his spot kick saved by Lukasz Fabianski to give Liverpool hope in the title race. Pep Guardiola's side hold a four- ...
Mahrez stepped up but the penalty was saved by Fabianski as West Ham managed to hold on for the point. City had a claim for a penalty after 15 minutes when Kurt Zouma appeared to clip Gabriel Jesus inside the area but the referee waved protests away. Riyad Mahrez missed a late penalty as Manchester City slipped up in the Premier League title race after drawing 2-2 at West Ham United on Sunday.
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But the point may yet prove crucial in the title chase and it keeps their destiny in their own hands ahead of their final game of the season. "It was fantastic send-off from the fans today. We spoke at half-time and said if we score one goal, we'll be in the game, don't give up. Bowen's double put City in unfamiliar territory. I'll always be associated with West Ham. We have to train calm and arrive fresh. They had not trailed a Premier League game since February - let alone trailed by two goals. A draw on the south coast would almost be enough for City, too. But Liverpool, with their game in hand, can still get to 92. And we will do everything in that game to win the title." We have one week. The goal left City with a mountain to climb in the second period but their response was immediate as Grealish's volley from the edge of the box took a nick off a West Ham player on its way into the net.
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City have taken themselves to the brink of the title despite a relatively small squad which has needed to cope with injuries. Said Benrahma misses out for West Ham but Craig Dawson and Michail Antonio shook off knocks to start. West Ham build from the back, with a long ball from Fabianski, which Bowen touches down superbly on the right side of the pitch. West Ham are struggling to break in unity. He was unchallenged striding towards the West Ham box. Jesus tries to find an angle as he moves deeper into the West Ham box. Liverpool could now get to within one point of City if they beat Southampton on Tuesday night. Somehow City were level. City capitalised. West Ham needed some respite and City provided it with yet more terrible defending from Laporte and Zinchenko and with Bowen afforded another chance before shooting into the side-netting. Defensively they were stunningly poor, with West Ham spurning chances despite Jarrod Bowen’s brace, but credit to them for their ferocious response after being scolded by Pep Guardiola. In the first-half City were edgy, lethargic even and defensively?
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To come in at half-time 2-0 down, we will take the point and move on to next week (against Aston Villa).” "West Ham is a tough place to come and they have beat great teams here (the London Stadium) this year. Luckily, we got the two goals and we could have went on to win it, but it wasn’t meant to be.”