Phil Foden rescues point for out-of-sorts Manchester City against West Ham

It said a good deal about this game, and a little about the trajectories of two clubs involved in it, that as the whistle blew for full time West Ham’s players looked just as disappointed as Manchester City’s. They may have ridden their luck at times. They may have spent most of the last half-hour defending. But they knew, too, that this was a game that could just as easily have gone their way.In the event, it was merely another point, and a further sign of West Ham’s progress under David Moyes. Having taken an early and spectacular lead through the flying boot of Michail Antonio, they withstood the inevitable backlash with guts and good judgment. City were again curiously half-present, a team drifting in and out of their old selves, a team who were both clinical and dominant, but rarely at the same time. Continue reading…
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