Hammers face mission Near Impossible
Pep Guardiola’s men put the pressure back on Manchester United’s struggling manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as they cruised to victory with almost embarrassing ease at Old Trafford.
City’s 2-0 win may not have been as emphatic as Liverpool’s 5-0 victory over United’s last home league game but the gulf between the sides was certainly as wide.
Solskjaer and United got off to the worst possible start when Eric Bailly turned Joao Cancelo’s cross into his own net after seven minutes and it was only the brilliance of keeper David de Gea that somehow kept City at bay until the final seconds of the first half.
Bernardo Silva took advantage of awful defending from Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw to steal in on another Cancelo cross at the far post.
A win over Liverpool tomorrow at the London Stadium could still earn the Hammers third place with an 8-0 win over the Merseyside team enough to move ahead to second place on goal difference. 🙂