Internet Desk: Premier League witnessed another dramatic day of action as Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City thumped West Ham United by 4-0 on Wednesday while Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United salvaged a goalless draw versus Hull City at The Old Trafford.
After the emphatic victory, Manchester City drew level with fourth placed Liverpool in the Premier League points table.
Now, both Man City and Liverpool are 10 points below table leader Chelsea to are on the top with 56 points in their kitty.
Gabriel Jesus, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and Yaya Toure all scored a piece to help Guardiols’s team to complete the domination
Manager Pep Guardiola made two bold selection choices at West Ham’s London Stadium, dropping out of form goalkeeper Claudio Bravo for Willy Caballero and keeping City superstar Sergio Aguero on the bench. But it worked as the visitors streaked into a 3-0 lead inside the first 39 minutes.
On the flip side United lost another opportunity to close the gap of points with the top four as the Hull City goalkeeper played a magnificent game. United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic said: “If you don’t score then you don’t win. I think we had some chances to score, but we didn’t score, so we kept creating and creating. We missed that last third of our field and we were not doing it like we know how to do and are able to do.”
At the same time, Zlatan said, “I haven’t been here before so I can only talk about the seven months I have been here. In some games we didn’t have luck, in some games we struggled, in some games we didn’t do good enough and that is part of football. We are not perfect, but we are trying, we are working hard and we want to win.”
United Manager Jose Mourinho too seemed frustrated about wasting two valuable points as he said, “I am not happy with the result, I will not criticise the opponent, they are fighting for their life and a point for them is a bonus. They have to fight with everything they have and they tried to see what they were allowed to do. If I was in their position fighting for their life, fighting for the points that could mean a lot for them in the end, then I am not critical with them at all.”