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The Hammers are third in the Premier League, three points behind leaders City, with 12 points from a possible 18.

Sakho scored the decisive goal as the Hammers secured a 2-1 win at league leaders Manchester City on Saturday – his team’s third win out of three matches on the road this season.

West Ham did the unthinkable on Saturday night, ousting the Premier League leaders Manchester City.

As it happened, City’s flawless record fell, smashed to pieces by a collection of galvanised Hammers, snorting and super-charged at first and defending desperately by the end.

Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal team showed a lack of leadership after their first game of the new Premier League season ended in a 2-0 defeat against West Ham, former Gunners manager George Graham has claimed.

“We are really confident that he will pass that and everyone agrees, football people across the country, that he was brilliant previous year”.

The memories of the Barclays Premier League opener on Day 2, Sunday, August 9, is one Petr Cech will never want to remember.

West Ham goalkeeper Adrian will serve a three-match ban after an appeal against his dismissal in Saturday’s defeat to Leicester City was rejected by the Football Association (FA).

We started well, but after 10-15 minutes, they were quicker than us.

First-half goals by Shinji Okazaki and Riyad Mahrez put Leicester in control and although the host hit back through Dimitri Payet after the break, West Ham was unable to fix the damage at Upton Park.