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Erling Haaland At The Double As Manchester City Breeze Past West Ham With 4-1 Triumph
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Manchester City made it two successive victories in the Premier League with a 4-1 triumph over West Ham on Saturday afternoon, and you can watch the full match highlights below.
Cityzens Breeze Past Hammers At The Etihad
Looking to record back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since the end of October, Manchester City welcomed Julen Lopetegui and his West Ham side to the Etihad on Saturday afternoon.
Last time out, City recorded a 2-0 win over relegation strugglers Leicester City, which followed a 1-1 draw with Everton, while the Hammers were battered 5-0 at home by league leaders Liverpool in their last game.
It was Erling Haaland in the middle, and unfortunately for Coufal, the ball struck his boot and bounced over the head of Alphonse Areola to open the scoring for City.
The Cityzens doubled their advantage on the 42-minute mark, and Savinho was right at the heart of it once more. Again, he left Coufal in the dust before curling his cross towards Haaland at the far post, who nodded into an empty net.
In the second period, Haaland found his second of the afternoon after 55 minutes to take his goal tally across all competitions to 21 for the campaign, and Phil Foden added a fourth for the hosts three minutes later.
West Ham struck back in the 71st minute with international Niclas Fullkrug netting his second league goal of the season, but it was too little too late for his side to mount any sort of comeback.
Manchester City remain in sixth place with the victory, just a point behind fifth place Newcastle following their 2-1 win over Tottenham, while the Hammers remain in 13th, however they could finish the gameweek in 14th.
WATCH: Manchester City 4-1 West Ham Highlights
City return to action with an FA Cup third round clash against Salford City at the Etihad next Saturday, followed by a trip to the English capital to take on Brentford in the league on the following Tuesday.
West Ham, meanwhile, travel to the West Midlands as they take on Aston Villa in their FA Cup third round clash on Friday evening, and they return to league action with an all-London affair against Fulham four days later.