Three things we learned – Manchester City 3-0 West Ham United

Manchester Metropolis obtained the job executed towards West Ham United to move into Christmas simply two factors behind leaders Arsenal within the Premier League.

An Erling Haaland brace both facet of Tijjani Reijnders’s first aim on the Etihad Stadium gave Metropolis a cushty margin that their first half efficiency deserved.

However Pep Guardiola was comparatively scathing in his put up match evaluate; he is aware of that there’s extra to return from these gamers and that they have to go up one other degree in the event that they’re to problem for trophies this season.

Listed below are three issues we realized as Metropolis overcame the Hammers:

Haaland is again to being inevitable

The place would Metropolis be with out Haaland this season?Sure, they’re a lot much less reliant on his objectives now however the 25-year-old is scoring at an astronomical price and has regained his unstoppable type after a slight dip.

Since he netted the penalty towards Actual Madrid, he’s scored two braces in two video games, taking the possibilities which might be coming to him and get extra concerned within the recreation while trying much less wasteful as well.

A lot is claimed about Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe, however Haaland is the standout striker in world soccer and is exhibiting that as he ranges the league report by scoring 19 objectives earlier than Christmas.

Pep nonetheless has his starvation – and that’s an excellent factor

As he admitted himself, if Guardiola is criticising Bernardo Silva, then he’s undoubtedly not had recreation.

The final consensus amongst most followers appears to be that Bernardo did have a good recreation, however the Metropolis boss was very sad with how his captain did not take care of the ball correctly, notably within the second half.

The efficiency ranges weren’t ok for Guardiola, and he insists that Metropolis need to do extra in the event that they need to win trophies this season.

Jurgen Klopp left Liverpool in 2024 on account of feeling “drained” and even Guardiola himself had comparable fatigue at Barcelona, his boyhood membership, while he nonetheless had Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Xavi and co. working at their greatest.

However now he appears to be as hungry as ever, and with the best profitable supervisor this sport has ever seen determined to win titles, it may well solely be a constructive factor for Metropolis.

Nunes is one in all Metropolis’s gamers of the season

Going underneath the radar amongst most soccer followers, however more and more much less so Metropolis followers, is Matheus Nunes.

Issues have been raised initially of the season concerning the suitability of the Portuguese worldwide at enjoying proper again. He isn’t a pure defender, and tends to make errors even in video games the place he’s largely performed properly.

However within the overwhelming majority of video games this season, Nunes has been completely implausible. The 27-year-old has even been trusted to play in his extra pure place of midfield within the final two video games, shifting inside late on in video games and impressing within the holding function when the sport is completed and dusted.

It initially appeared to be troublesome to switch Abdukodir Khusanov when he went off injured towards Arsenal. Since then, Khusanov has returned and Nunes has stored his area within the group, impressing defensively and positively providing extra of an attacking risk than the Uzbekistan defender.

In opposition to West Ham he was wonderful once more, and hopefully he’ll stay match and in type for the remainder of the season.