The good news for West Ham is Manchester City s visit to London Stadium is over and done with.
Raheem Sterling starred with a hat-trick as Pep Guardiola s reigning champions began their quest for a third consecutive Premier League title with an imposing 5-0 victory.
Playing their home games at the venue that hosted the 2012 Olympic Games has plenty of benefits for West Ham, but hosting City is not one of them.
Guardiola s men now boast an aggregate advantage of 22-1 in their games in Stratford. Here we look back at some painful hammerings for the Hammers.
It feels good to be back, doesn t it?!
— Manchester City (@ManCity)
January 6, 2017 West Ham 0 Manchester City 5 (FA Cup)
City were faltering midway through their first season under Guardiola but they swatted aside Slaven Bilic s West Ham, with Yaya Toure opening the scoring from the penalty spot. Havard Nordtveit s own goal and David Silva s tap-in made it 3-0 before half-time, leaving Sergio Aguero and John Stones to complete the rout
February 1, 2017 – West Ham 0 Manchester City 4 (Premier League)
A month later, City were back at London Stadium and still licking their wounds from a 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Everton. They remained too strong for Bilic s men as Kevin De Bruyne established a 17th-minute lead and orchestrated a blistering attacking display, with Silva also on target before Gabriel Jesus scored his first City goal. Midway through the second half, Toure again made no mistake from 12 yards.
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Oh boy! City at their brilliant best to deliver another hammering at London Stadium!
— Manchester City (@ManCity)
April 29, 2018 – West Ham 1 Manchester City 4 (Premier League)
Far from the uncertain outfit West Ham had a look at the previous year, City were already crowned Premier League champions for 2017-18 and in full flight on this occasion. Leroy Sane s effort and an own goal from former City favourite Pablo Zabaleta had City in control and, although Aaron Cresswell pulled it back to 2-1, Jesus restored the two-goal cushion before Fernandinho wrapped up victory as Guardiola s men hungrily chased down their historic 100-point haul.
November 24, 2018 – West Ham 0 Manchester City 4 (Premier League)
This was a tale of usual suspects for ex-City boss Manuel Pellegrini as Silva and Sterling scored from close range. Sane joined Silva on three goals at London Stadium by full-time – a stunning piece of skill leaving Fabian Balbuena prone to make it 3-0. Sane s second in injury time did not stop Guardiola describing his team as quite lucky
These two no words.
— Manchester City (@ManCity)
August 10, 2019 – West Ham 0 Manchester City 5 (Premier League)
City were similarly patchy in Saturday s first half, which was illuminated by Jesus clever near-post finish after Riyad Mahrez and Kyle Walker cut West Ham apart down the right. De Bruyne was a familiar provider to set Sterling on the way to a fine treble. VAR seemed to be the England winger s most capable adversary, while technology also granted Aguero a second go at beating Lukasz Fabianski from the penalty spot.
