Manchester City has a great chance to clinch the Premier League title with a victory over West Ham on Sunday. Everyone knows that if Arsenal wants to win the league, they’re relying on their London rivals, West Ham, to do them a favor.
If Arsenal manages to beat Everton, their chances of winning the league will greatly improve. However, for this to happen, Manchester City must either lose or draw their match with the Hammers.
Does West Ham have any motivation to get something against Manchester City? Yes, they definitely have. That will be David Moyes’ final game as the Hammers’ boss, and based on West Ham’s blogs and tweets, it’s clear that everyone is hoping for a great send-off for the Englishman.
In addition to being a fantastic farewell for Moyes, there should be a desire to do Declan Rice a favor. Yes, Arsenal got him from the London Stadium, where he was adored by his teammates, and they ought to have been disappointed then. However, given the strong bonds the Englishman formed with his former Hammers, they should go above and beyond to help him secure the league title with a successful result on Sunday, thereby ending Manchester City’s dominance.
Unfortunately of West Ham’s last five matches against Manchester City, City have managed to come out on top in four of them, with only one match ending in a draw. The track record of this David Moyes-led side in this fixture hasn’t been great, but it’s important to remember that the past doesn’t always determine what will happen in the future, and West Ham can for sure etch their names in history with a performance on Sunday.
Darren N
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I doubt that the West Ham team could lift themselves to really compete in what’s basically a dead game for them. They’ll have no motivation other than playing well enough to secure their international spots for the upcoming Euro 2024, and the Declan Rice friendship issue is a bit of a fantasy TBH.
Perhaps City could be so overconfident of winning that they’ll gift this to Hammers, or they might be taking it a bit easy with the cup final in mind, but that’s about as good as it will get. They don’t even have to outscore Arsenal now.
And above all, they don’t seem to have what it takes to stop MCity at Ethihad. Only Arsenal prevented them from scoring at home this season.
However, MCity could be under a bit pressure and David Moyes could use his experience as a manager to stop them. Football sometimes is unpredictable
But realistically it’s a tall order.
As a West Ham fan, I’ll be there cheering for City just like the Spurs fans were. Its good old rivalry. We live and work with fans of all London clubs and we can’t have Arsenal fans bragging forever.
Paqueta is joining City in the summer. It’ll be funny if he scores an own goal or concedes a penalty to help his new teammates.
Another pathetic excuse for a so called supporter.
I see no miracles happening tbh. I am already looking forward to the next season. Noone’s doing any favor, even if they wish, it’s like a beggar talking about charity.
Arsenal should stop relying on other teams for them to win trophies. They must focus on winning their matches especially when playing lower teams like fulham, westham, bournmouth etc. If Arsenal depends on other teams for their own success, they’ll never win any trophy.