EPL: Manchester City closer to league cup after win against West Ham

Manchester City draws closer to their season’s dream of lighting the EPL cup after a home win against the in-form West Ham.

In an epic encounter at the Etihad Stadium, both sides in a Premier League match encounter played hard and fierce for their various teams.

At the end of the day, Man City came tops against West Ham with goals from Ruben Dias in the 29th minute and Stones in the 67th minute. While the away team towards the end of the second half of play recorded a goal in the 42nd minute. While Antonio scored the goal for West Ham, Lingard once more had a good outing with the assist that led to the goal. the Manchester United loanee has been in the best form since the beginning of his season-long loan to the Hammers.

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John Stones was one stand out player for Man City, putting a good display both in the defence and in the attacking areas. De Bruyne marks his come back to the starting 11 after injuries with an assist, while on the other hand, Aguero is yet to pick form after making a come back from his own injuries.

Lineups
Man City: Aguero, Fernandinho, Walker, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Mahrez, Stones, Ederson, Zinchenko, Ruben Dias, Ferran Torres

Subs: Sterling, Cancelo, Mendy, Laporte, Z. Steffen, Bernardo, Jesus, Rodri, Foden

West Ham: Randolph, Cresswell, Antonio, Dawson, V. Coufal, Lingard, Soucek, Diop, Rice, Fornals, Ben Johnson

Subs: Martin, Noble, Lanzini, Balbuena, S. Benrahma, Bowen, N. Trott, A. Odubeko