West Ham United VS
Manchester City
Upton Park 19/10/2013
Manchester City secured their first away win of the season
against West Ham at Upton Park.
Two goals from Sergio Aguero and one from David Silva
ensured a 3-1 over the Hammers to help them climb to 4th in the
table.
Having lost to Cardiff and Aston Villa away from home, and
only picking up a point at Stoke, City were under pressure ahead of a tough
trip to Russia in the Champions League in midweek.
West Ham, buoyed by their win at White Hart Lane two weeks
ago, were looking to end a dismal run of 3 straight home defeats, however City
had other ideas.
Manchester City had the better of the opening minutes as
they passed the ball around the midfield and created half chances from Negredo
and Toure, before Aguero put the visitors in front.
Fernandinho spotted a gap in the hammers defence and slotted
a ball through to Aguero who was one on one with the keeper and placed it home
in the bottom right corner.
Going in at half time one nil down, West Ham might have
thought they could get something out of the game however; this was quickly
squashed by City within five minutes of the second half.
After Aguero drew a foul on the right hand side of the
pitch, David Silva produced a perfect ball into an unmarked Aguero who headed
home into the top right corner despite Jaaskelainen getting a hand on it.
West Ham did find a way back into the match through Ricardo
Vaz Te as he produced a splendid overhead kick to give the home fans hope with
just over half an hour of the game remaining.
City were to have the final say through as that man Aguero
controlled a long ball, took it into the area and cut the ball back to Silva
who took two touches before slamming the ball with his left foot into the top
right hand corner.
With the game as good as over, City controlled possession
and wound the clock down to ensure West Ham drop to 14th and improve
their own title hopes in the process.
