Manchester City 2-1 West Ham:
David Silva nets winner as Pep Guardiola's men claim third late victory in a week
(December 03 2017)
Match report: Man City 2-1 West Ham
Premier League leaders Manchester City scored a late winner for the third time in eight days as they defeated West Ham 2-1.
After Raheem Sterling had stepped up to the plate with winners against Huddersfield and Southampton, this time it was left to David Silva to grab the goal which sunk a defiant West Ham.
The Hammers, 22/1 for the win at the start of play, took the lead just before the break when Angelo Ogbonna headed home - he had been 100/1 pre-match to open the scoring.
However, Nicolas Otamendi poked in Gabriel Jesus' low cross via Declan Rice's leg shortly after the interval, a goal which prompted a period of prolonged City dominance.
West Ham keeper Adrian, in for the ineligible Joe Hart who is on loan from City, denied them on several occasions - and Michail Antonio might have put the visitors back in front on the break only for a good save from Ederson - but Silva eventually broke down the Hammers' defence by stretching out his boot to convert Kevin de Bruyne's ball into the box on 83 minutes.
There was still time for Diafra Sakho to fire a 90th-minute chance just wide but the hosts held on to post another win and re-establish their eight-point lead over neighbours United at the top of the table.
They were left unchanged at 1/8 to win the title with United, 3-1 winners at Arsenal on Saturday, offered at 10/1. The top two meet at Old Trafford next Sunday.
City are also 8/1 to go through the entire season unbeaten and equal Arsenal's 'invincible' achievement of 2003/04. Having taken 43 points from a possible 45 so far, they are 5/4 to set a new Premier League points record of 96.
Victory over West Ham was City's 20th successive win in all competitions - a club best - and a 13th in a row in the Premier League, equalling the record, also set by Arsenal (2001/02) and Chelsea (2016/17), for consecutive wins in a single season.
Against United, they will bid to equal Arsenal's overall record of 14 which was set across two seasons in 2002.
West Ham, meanwhile, remain without a win under David Moyes and are now odds-on for relegation at 10/11, in from evens. Only rock-bottom Swansea are a shorter price for the drop.
Moyes' men end the weekend second bottom and three points from safety.