Overview
- Manchester City beat West Ham 3-0 at the Etihad, with Erling Haaland scoring in each half and setting up Tijjani Reijnders.
- Haaland reached 104 Premier League goals, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo’s 103, and did so in 114 matches compared with Ronaldo’s 236.
- City’s victory briefly moved them top before Arsenal won 1-0 at Everton to return to first, leaving City a point back.
- Pep Guardiola’s side recorded a fifth straight league win to tighten the title race during the congested December schedule.
- West Ham’s defeat kept them in the relegation zone, while elsewhere Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-1 as Alexander Isak departed with a left ankle or leg injury that is being assessed.