Meet up with all of the motion from West Ham vs Manchester Metropolis within the Premier League
Manchester City’s Premier League title hopes took one other damaging blow as West Ham picked up a hard-earned draw on the London Stadium, leaving Pep Guardiola’s aspect 9 factors adrift of Arsenal with a recreation in hand.
Metropolis dominated from the off, with Guardiola absent from the touchline serving a touchline ban, however discovered West Ham’s defensive construction frustratingly troublesome to interrupt down.
Erling Haaland, who has scored 11 Premier League objectives towards the Hammers, was peripheral all through, managing simply 12 touches within the first half.
The breakthrough arrived on 31 minutes when Bernardo Silva collected a move from Omar Marmoush and clipped a fragile effort over Matz Hermansen. Whether or not Silva supposed it as a shot or a cross mattered little; Metropolis had their lead.
West Ham’s response was fast, although. Inside 4 minutes, Jarrod Bowen swung a nook into the field, Gianluigi Donnarumma got here and missed it utterly, and Konstantinos Mavropanos headed into an unguarded web off the underside of the bar.
Missed possibilities price Metropolis
The second half was one-way visitors and not using a innovative. Cherki and Doku have been launched to inject some extra urgency for Metropolis, however West Ham refused to buckle.
Hermansen denied Haaland fantastically after a Cherki via ball, Reijnders crashed a free-kick off the bar, and deep in stoppage time Marc Guehi someway blazed over from contained in the six-yard field with the objective at his mercy. Mavropanos then blocked a Haaland volley along with his face to protect the purpose.
The outcome lifts Nuno Espirito Santo’s aspect out of the relegation zone for the primary time since December. Metropolis now face Actual Madrid within the Champions League on Tuesday earlier than a League Cup closing towards Arsenal at Wembley on the weekend.
