19-year-old rookie shines, Man City wins big

Gabriel Jesus scored and assisted his teammates in his first start, helping Man City beat West Ham 4-0 in round 23 of the Premier League.

Jesus shone in his first starting match.

Goal:De Bruyne 17', Silva 21', de Jesus 39', Y Touré 67' penalty

Having to play away from home, coach Pep Guardiola unexpectedly keptSergio Aguero on the bench. He is replaced by the new recruit in the winter transfer window, Jesus. The young Brazilian striker joins Raahem Sterling (22 years old) and Leroy Sane (21 years old) in the attack of the away team. AndThis "trident" has continuously struck fatal blows at West Ham.

Minute 17Jesus gives one two for oneKevin de Bruyne burst into the box and slotted home the opener. Four minutes later, the visitors had doubled their lead. David Silva was the scorer, finishing from close range in an open position, but Sane was the one to take the lead. The German youngster stole the ball, beat a number of defenders and then passed it across to Silva, who finished the rest. Before half-time, Jesus made his mark with an easy tap-in from Sane's cross.

Jesus became the first player in Man City history to score and assist on his debut start. He is also the second youngest Brazilian to score in the Premier League (19 years and 304 days), after Rafael da Silva scored for Man Utd in November 2008 at 18 years and 122 days.

Bruyne scored the opening goal to give Man City a big win.

Playing at home, West Ham have been quite naive, especially against Man City this season. In the FA Cup match last month, also at London Stadium, Slaven Bilic and his team were crushed 5-0 by the blue half of Manchester. But they did not know how to adjust, and continued to fall into the trap. All three goals conceded by the home team in this match originated from the opponent stealing the ball and then counter-attacking.

The three-goal difference made it very difficult for West Ham to play in the second half, because they could neither defend nor attack. On the contrary,Man City had every right to be complacent. And in that situation, the visitors scored another goal in the 67th minute, thanks to a penalty from Yaya Toure after Sterling was tackled in the penalty area.

West Ham have been terrified every time they have met Man City recently.

Not only winning in terms of score and new discoveries in attack, Coach Guardiola also had another success in terms of personnel. In this match, heno goalkeeperClaudio Bravo - who was brought in from his old team Barca last summer, but replaced byWilly Caballero. This decision comes as Bravo has been unable to keep the net, conceding six goals in six recent attempts. Meanwhile, including the recent match against West Ham,Caballero kept a clean sheet in all three games played in 2017.

With 46 points, Man City is still in fifth place. They are equal on points with Liverpool but have a lower goal difference.

According to VNE