Three ways West Ham can beat Man City

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Fifth placed Manchester City travel to London Stadium to face West Ham on Thursday morning (AEDT).

“But in the big clubs you have to achieve results immediately and that’s why they have to play well now, not in three years”.

Slaven Bilic’s side have maintained their focus despite the turmoil within the club and won their last two games against Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough.

West Ham have slowly been making their way up the Premier League table after a bad start to the season. The Hammers are now in 11 place but a win can ensure their return to the top-half of the table. Robert Snodgrass should be the man to replace him in the side as he is blessed with enormous quality.

The Hammers’ 0-5 FA Cup defeat to Manchester City at the London Stadium on January 6th was their biggest margin of defeat at home in a competitive fixture since May 1967 (1-6 v Man Utd in Division 1).

The FC crew delve into Sergio Aguero’s standing with Pep Guardiola and question if his time at Man City is coming to an end.

Iheanacho, despite a good strike rate, has started just nine games this season and his opportunities could now be further limited by the arrival of Jesus. Toure took the penalty and there was never any question that he would score it.

West Ham were architects of their own downfall, with Aaron Cresswell giving the ball away to De Bruyne for the opener. I wouldn’t say that.

“Our high pressing was good and we were so aggressive without the ball”. At the age of 28, he will be reaching the peak of his career, which makes it crucial that he doesn’t suffer any serious injuries over the next two or three years. That’s so important for us and him because we can see his level.

Guardiola is confident Fernandinho will sign a new long-term deal to stay at City.

Guardiola admitted this week he may have been too quick to assume his players fully understood his football philosophy.

On Hart, Guardiola said: “I’m a guy who has to take decisions and I make a lot of mistakes”.

Pep’s trio did not look as if they had only played together once before, at Selhurst Park last weekend.