Haaland hat-trick! City cruise past Hammers 3-1. The last match of the English Premier League football match on Saturday night, August 31, was a meeting between the defending champions, “The Sky Blues” Manchester City, visiting “The Hammers” West Ham United at the London Stadium.
Defending champions Pep Guardiola’s City have deployed an attacking line led by Bernardo Silva, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish, Kevin De Bruyne, Jeremy Doku and Erling Haaland.
West Ham, led by coach Julen Lopetegui, has an attacking line-up led by Jarrod Bowen, Lucas Paqueta, Mohamed Kudus, Mikhail Antonio.
In the first half, West Ham started the ufabet https://ufabet999.app game with a fierce pressure on the visiting team, while Man City continued to have a strong ball possession style, gradually finding opportunities to attack continuously until the 10th minute, Haaland broke away, turned and shot with his left foot, a great goal for Man City to attack 1-0. Then in the 19th minute, Jarrod Bowen, West Ham’s winger, broke away and crossed low to the center, Ruben Dias, Man City’s defender, made a bad clearance and the ball went into his own goal, West Ham tied the game 1-1.
Then in the 30th minute, Haaland fired a left-footed shot that went past Alphonse Areola, giving Man City a 2-1 lead at half-time.
In the second half, West Ham changed their game well and continued to put pressure on Man City. City’s ball did not flow smoothly, so they had to change Ilkay Gundogan to control the midfield.
Towards the end of the game, the Blue Ship regained possession of the ball and charged at West Ham again. In the 83rd minute, Haaland broke away alone and scored a goal for Man City to lead 3-1 and it was his 8th hat trick and also his 2nd hat trick in a row. The game ended with Man City winning 3-1 against West Ham, collecting 3 points, playing 3 matches, winning all of them, having 9 points, leading the pack comfortably. As for West Ham, 3 matches, won 1, lost 2, having 3 points, ranked 13th.