Manchester City écrase West Ham avec Erling Haaland de retour en forme à domicile

Dans la langue de Molière : “After Pep Guardiola’s latest mea culpa – “I blame me, not the players,” he said on Friday – Manchester City returned a heady second consecutive win for the first time since late October, and a third successive outing without defeat. Under the manager’s own logic he takes credit for a victory decorated by Savinho’s performance including two assists, and crowned by Erling Haaland’s second of the afternoon. The Brazilian received the ball in midfield and fed the Norwegian, whose slaloming run was as elegant as the chip over an onrushing Alphonse Areola. That was 3-0 on 55 minutes and the fourth goal soon arrived. A defensive horror show near the visitors’ goal allowed Kevin De Bruyne to take over, he squared to Phil Foden and, at close range, Areola was beaten again, causing delight and...