The
defending
champions
made
light
of
the
difficult
wintry
conditions
at
the
Etihad
Stadium,
where
the
visitors
have
now
won
just
once
in
16
top-flight
visits.

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Gundogan
was
on
target
in
a
first
half
where
Riyad
Mahrez
had
a
strike
ruled
out,
while
the
Hammers
–
who
have
now
suffered
back-to-back
league
defeats
–
were
put
to
rest
when
Fernandinho
netted
late
on
with
Manuel
Lanzini’s
goal
proving
a
mere
consolation.

Pep
Guardiola’s
10th
top-flight
win
in
11
attempts
against
West
Ham
means
City
move
level
on
points
with
leaders
Chelsea,
albeit
that
may
prove
brief
as
the
Blues
host
Manchester
United
later
on
Sunday.

15
–
Ilkay
Gündogan
has
scored
15
non-penalty
goals
in
37
Premier
League
appearances
since
the
start
of
last
season;
the
most
of
any
midfielder,
ahead
of
Bruno
Fernandes
in
second
place
(13
in
49
apps).
Fox.

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(@OptaJoe)
November
28,
2021

Aymeric
Laporte
headed
onto
the
right-hand
post
in
the
opening
stages
before
Mahrez
was
adjudged
to
be
offside
from
Raheem
Sterling’s
pass
after
he
had
powered
past
Lukasz
Fabianski.

City
broke
the
deadlock
when
Gundogan
bundled
Mahrez’s
low
cross
home,
with
Ben
Johnson
then
required
to
clear
Gabriel
Jesus’ effort
off
the
line
and
Mahrez
cannoning
against
the
woodwork
in
a
flurry
of
first-half
chances.

The
hosts
almost
doubled
their
lead
after
the
interval
through
Jesus,
who
saw
another
chipped
attempt
cleared
off
the
line
by
Aaron
Cresswell,
while
Sterling
blasted
wildly
over
after
the
hour
mark.

Jesus
then
teed
up
Fernandinho
to
slot
into
the
bottom-left
corner
to
make
sure
of
the
result
with
Bernardo
Silva
seeing
another
ruled
out
prior
to
Lanzini
curling
perfectly
past
Ederson
to
at
least
half
the
arrears
for
West
Ham.