Erling Haaland converting his spot kick

Man City begins their title defence with a win over West ham at the London Stadium


Erling Haaland was on target twice as Man City began their title defence with a win over West ham at the London stadium. The hammers was forced to make an early change after keeper Lukasz Fabianski was out injured.
 
The citizens was in control of the game before been awarded a penalty in the 36 minutes which was converted by Erling Haaland to make it 1:0 at half time.

IIkay Gundogan was really a menace to the hammers defence causing lots of problems in the final third. The Norwegian completed his brace in the 65th minutes after been put through on goal by kelvin de bruyne with a nice through ball before the latter calmly found the back of the net with a nice finish to make it 2:0.



The Norwegian is the second debutant in Premier League history to win a penalty and then successfully convert it, and the second striker to register twice on their City debut, matching Sergio Aguero's feat from August 2011.