Raheem Sterling grabs a hat-trick on Saturday as Manchester City demolished West Ham United 5-0 to overtake Liverpool at the top of English Premier league after the first match.
Gabriel Jesus opened scoring for City on 25th minute. He pounced on a loose ball inside the box and beats the goalkeeper with a shot inside the right post.
On 38th minute, Kevin De Bruyne received a precise pass in the box and took the shot early. The ball headed inside the left post, but Lukasz Fabianski showed off his skills and made a brilliant save to deny him.
In the second half, City scored four goals to put West Ham to the sword.
On 51st minute, Raheem Sterling took a short pass from Kevin De Bruyne in his stride in the box, jinked inside his man and unleashed an unstoppable shot low into the middle of the goal to make it 2-0 for City.
Two minutes later, Jesus scored another goal for City. Jesus scored after an assist by Sterling that allowed him to tap in the ball into an empty net, but the goal was ruled offside after VAR decision.
On 75th minute, Sterling scored his second goal after a controversial decision. Sterling got to the ball inside the box and brilliantly lifted the ball over Lukasz Fabianski and into the net.
But referee Michael Dean straight away wanted to review it with VAR, presumably for a possible offside in the build-up, but the goal stayed.
On 86th minute, Aguero scored a penalty to make it 4-0 for City. He sent the keeper the wrong way and scored into the left side of the goal.
On added time, Sterling scored his hat-trick and made it 5-0 for City. Ilkay Gundogan showed great vision to find Sterling with a cheeky pass inside the box, and his first-time shot was precise and sailed into the bottom right corner.
