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 shined 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 recruited in the winter transfer window Jesus. The young Brazilian striker joins Raahem Sterling (22 years old) and Leroy Sane (21 years old) in the visitors' attack. AndThis "trident" has continuously struck deadly blows at West Ham.

Minute 17Jesus gives one-two punchKevin de Bruyne burst into the box and slotted home the opener. Four minutes later, the visitors doubled their lead. David Silva was the scorer, finishing from close range in an open position, but Sane was the first to take the lead. The young German stole the ball, beat a series 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 first 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 the age of 18 years and 122 days.

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

Playing at home, West Ham have been rather clumsy, especially against Man City this season. In the FA Cup match last month, also at the London Stadium, Slaven Bilic's team were crushed 5-0 by the blue half of Manchester. But they failed to adjust, and continued to fall into the trap. All three goals conceded by the home team in this match came from the opponent stealing the ball and then counter-attacking.

The three-goal gap 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 game, the visitors scored another goal in the 67th minute, thanks to a penalty scored by 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 after Bravo has often failed to keep the net, even conceding six goals from six recent shots on goal. Meanwhile, including the recent match against West Ham,Caballero kept a clean sheet in all three matches he 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