In the first round of the English Premier League, Manchester City beat West Ham United 2-0 in a match that took place at the London stadium.

With this well-deserved win, Manchester City raised their tally to 3 points for second place, while West Ham finished 18th without points.

Returning to the atmosphere of the match, Manchester City managed to spread their control over the whole atmosphere of the first half, as Josep Guardiola’s men reached 82% possession, West Ham had timid attempts at the City’s goal, and the 28th The minute saw the departure of goalkeeper Lukas Fabianski in an early kick for West Ham who hired substitute goalkeeper Areola, but the French goalkeeper’s exit was not promising for the Hammers as he interfered with young Norwegian Erling Haaland in the penalty area to give the referee a penalty kick for the Citizen at 36 1st minute, Haaland converted it successfully to give City a 1–0 lead. In stoppage time, West Ham tried to equalize, but their attempts were unsuccessful as the first half ended 1–0.

In the second half, the Manchester City team continued to dominate the atmosphere of the match as their players moved the balls in the center of the field in response to West Ham’s retreat to their rears, and David Moyes made changes to the team to activate the front line, but the city quickly reacted to it. The brilliant Norwegian Haaland scored the second goal for Sky Blue in the 65th minute after De Bruyne’s decisive pass to make the score 2-0, and Pep Guardiola made two substitutions in the squad, trying to keep the result, and for his part West Ham through rookie Skamaku tried to score a goal on the decline. The difference, however, was that the city’s defense was an impenetrable dam, after which the referee added 3 minutes of added time, but this did not lead to a change in the result of the match, and the match ended with a score of 2-0.