Overview
- Manchester City beat West Ham 3-0 at the Etihad, with Erling Haaland scoring twice and Tijjani Reijnders adding the other.
- Haaland also assisted Reijnders’ strike, capping a two-goal, one-assist display in a dominant performance.
- His league tally rose to 104 goals, reported as one more than Cristiano Ronaldo’s Premier League total and achieved in 122 fewer games.
- The result delivered City a fifth straight league win and moved them one point clear at the summit pending Arsenal’s later match.
- West Ham suffered a 10th league defeat, will spend Christmas in the relegation zone, and extended their winless run to six.