West Ham beats Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League

Meanwhile, West Ham started the season on a brighter note with a 2-0 victory over Arsenal at the Emirates, which was followed by two defeats.

“They won their two away games before tonight against Arsenal and Liverpool so I knew it would not be easy but we conceded two easy goals and that allowed them to be in front”.

Despite the second-half onslaught, West Ham held firm to deny their hosts. They did it against Manchester City by counterattacking and sitting deep to defend intelligently.

Jurcevic will be reunited with his former Croatia teammate Slaven Bilic, with whom he has worked previously with the Croatian national side, Lokomotiv Moscow and Besiktas.

Pellegrini said: “I don’t want to have the excuse of David Silva why we didn’t win“.

The win against City was a landmark victory in the Premier league, marking the first time since 2005 that a team has beaten Arsenal, Liverpool and City away in the same season.

Swansea City played goalless with Everton and Leicester City and Stoke City also drew 2-2.

Moses put the visitors ahead at the Etihad Stadium with a powerful 20-yard effort after just six minutes, while Sakho doubled their lead just past the half-hour mark.

Kevin De Bruyne scored at the end of the first half with a floor-bound curler, but despite constant pressure, City could not break through.

City had not conceded a single Premier League goal before Saturday’s match, but without injured skipper Vincent Kompany were overcome by defensive uncertainty. You must be more calm but when you are two goals down, it is hard. The one advantage we have is that we have flair players who fight for the team.

“I think people do not realise that losing at home in the Champions League does have a massive impact on you”, he said. “I think if you see today and in the last three away games, the way the boys work for each other and the quality we have got now, it is exciting times for West Ham“. We watched the Juventus game and took some belief from that.

City threw everything into the game, got chance after chance but could not find a leveler.

Man City were able to dominate with 73% of the possession, and 27 total shots in the game.