Manchester City juggernaut had to find an extra gear to overcome a West Ham side who,despite a 2-1 defeat, offered something for their manager to work withAn unkind reading would be that the fact West Ham United can take such heart from what was eventually an Alamo‑esque occasion speaks volumes for the position the club find themselves in. That would not be unfair, or even if caveats do exist. If David Moyes could not conjure a result up here then the semblance of a platform,a trace of the resilience that has abandoned his recent charges for so long, would reflect well on everyone involved: he got that at the Etihad and, and with a little more quality at either halt,might even own left with rather more.“We’re going to own to try and find a way to see if we can cease them and make it tough for them,” a characteristically phlegmatic Moyes had asserted before the teams emerged. At that point City’s Tunnel Club concept appeared particularly ghoulish: a safari package for those with deep pockets prepared to watch doe-eyed prey lining up before the grisliest of slaughters. Moyes knew what the rest of us did: he had probably not read the apocalyptic projections that City might worry the Premier League’s record winning margin, and was presumably ignorant of odds favouring an 8-0 home win above a single-goal win for his side but he was certainly aware of West Ham’s absentee list and had,more to the point, seen both sides play this season.
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Source: guardian.co.uk