English Premier League: Manchester City beats West Ham United
English Premier League: Manchester City beats West Ham United and Raheem Sterling scores hattrick
On the first day of the English Premier League, Manchester City defeated West Ham United for the 7th consecutive time.
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| Raheem Sterling |
Two-time defending champion Manchester City have started with a win in the English Premier League. English football club Manchester City beat West Ham United 5–0. This is Manchester City’s seventh consecutive win over West Ham.
In these 7 matches, Manchester City scored 23 goals and lost just 3 goals. Manchester City won the opening match for the ninth time in a row.
Rahim Sterling scored a hat-trick in the match. He is the eighth player to score a hat-trick in the opening weekend of the season and the first player after 8 years.
Earlier, Didier Drogba did this in 2010–11. For the 13th time in 2019, no team could score a single goal against Manchester City. Manchester City scored Gabriel Hayes 25th, Sterling 51st, 75th, 90 + 1st and Sergio Aguero scored in the 86th minute on penalties.
Sterling scored 50 goals in the league for Manchester City. Sterling is the sixth player to score 50+ goals. Aguero scored for the seventh time on the first day of the season.
Liverpool won-
Champion Liverpool beat Norwich City 4–1 in the first match. Liverpool’s goalkeeper Alison Baker was in the match. They will no longer play a Super Cup match against Chelsea in Istanbul. For Liverpool, Salah scored 19th, Virgil Van Dyk scored 28th, Divok Origi scored in the 42nd minute. Grent Henley of Norwich scored on his own in the 7th minute. The only goal from Norwich was scored by Timu Pukki in the 64th minute. Liverpool have not lost on home ground since day 838. He has won 31 matches and played 10 draws.