Manchester City turned on the style to dismantle West Ham United 4-0 and revive its fading Premier League title aspirations even as Manchester United’s hopes suffered a potentially fatal blow with a goalless home draw against struggling Hull City on Wednesday.
City produced a scintillating first-half display, scoring three times before the break through Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and new boy Gabriel Jesus, before Yaya Toure’s penalty capped a one-sided romp at the London Stadium.
Clinical finishing was in short supply as United came up against an inspired performance from Hull keeper Eldin Jakupovic, who made a string of superb saves to keep Jose Mourinho’s side at bay.
While City’s victory moved it level on 46 points with fourth-placed Liverpool and kept leader Chelsea just about in its sights, United’s slip-up left it sixth, four points adrift of City and 14 off the summit.
The results:
Premier League: Manchester United 0 drew with Hull 0; Stoke 1 (Crouch 7) drew with Everton 1 (Shawcross 39-og); West Ham 0 lost to Manchester City 4 (De Bruyne 17, Silva 21, Jesus 39, Toure 67-pen).
Serie A: Pescara 1 (Caprari 15) lost to Fiorentina 2 (Tello 68, 90) .
