Citation, if we have a little look at the West Ham team, no
new players in that starting lineup. No, and the gear
Central Defender. It just not pass fit, which pushes pushes
Creswell into the middle. He's played there before.
Not ideal against Manchester City, but he'll fill in there.
Its back and Declan Rice's, you check for me, just really
partnership in the Midfield, one goes one stays
there, very unselfish, they have a great understanding
and and by Declan his own admission,
he wants more production for himself, he wants to get
amongst it. Holes. And so I look to see that from him
this season and schemata up front. Who are they, who they
bought brought in from Syria. Again, he has a past fit yet.
So, mr. West, Ham you kill Antonio starts up front how
the city get the best out of
Harlan, Harlan. Well the answer is easy. If you free up Kevin
De bruyne in at number ten role there. And the way that happens
is with no fernandinho him leaving the club,
Kevin Phillips, not quite ready to start going to wobble partner
Roger just at the base of the Midfield giving that support and
Doing de Bruin to operate more freely, and we know with his
passing range, he'll be able to open up doors for Holland. As
will foden
coming in from that right hand side
and so the question that Echoes around the land
who stops City.
Can anyone at all Dolby? Magical effervescence of this
relentlessly beautiful team.
This time are the first to try, attempted to get away the shop,
but he's fine now and he's right on the goalkeepers toes.
it's the quarter is Rick's in
and one by Zuma back stick
and he's the way to Bowen who fired into the crowd
For now else
whipped It Again.
By Mikhail Antonio,
there are two level 19 this game and to not forget, not
West. Ham's is a mighty effective one. Whenever
the ball comes into the box with that pace and power, you're
always gonna
cause defenses trouble.
A candy ice. When
they're gonna have plenty of this,
and he just waits for the ball, the angles there. He just needs
to get a tiny little touch on it.
Just looking down. Looks like
Edison's took some sort of a not
great header because that's behind him.
Audrey.
Hello,
folks,
in by Fulton Holland. Couldn't,
that's lovely football
from Manchester City. They use of these narrow fullbacks.
As you picked up, Peter, causing all sorts of problems
to West, Ham's wide players,
Boeing not being able to track the Run of can say, oh, and
then that falling. Again, we've seen a couple of excellent in
swinging crosses from
either side. This one just flicked in by folding
just over the head of Harlan.
Got it
all those to give it back walker.
The breiner
Fabian ski, got a fist on it and to very good effect at some
personal cost. It's been a collision between two West Ham
players here.
British.
Harlan, good strong touch for Elk. I go under one
flag is raised.
Finally Harlan gets a
little touch of the ball
and the edge of the penalty area. It's a lovely little ball
in good strength, to go under one's
actually already in the on-site offside position. I should say,
in
bore the 12, was for grealish who I think would have been in.
I'm afraid though, the headline becomes rather than a goal,
a goal keeper because Lucas Fabian ski hasn't been able to
recover from.
That crash a few moments ago
and he is going to be replaced by a more than able Deputy. Of
course, at Alphonse, areola the
French keeper, the Parisian
Hello
Grandma. One
slip through here for Holland, who's taken down by areola
and Michael Oliver
points.
Well,
it took him a while to get used to his runs whatever on and it
was that man gunned down again we said
just picks the ball up turns and it's perfectly weighted.
There's the torch. No doubt about it. 22 years old and
young.
And who pays to feel? No pressure,
it rolls off him
big broad shoulders
his moment.
Sing
hunt.
You'll see that a few times more
composure certainty,
self-assurance Beyond his years
and the Champions are ahead on day one. Well, we did
intend to speak about this player before the game, and how
he would deal with the spotlight. Well, there's
the answer.
He's at his happiest when he's on the pitch.
Looks at his most confident in those situations
to lovely finish. Never looked in doubt.
It's all about the early pass
when gundo and picks the ball up. If he's no one within two
yards of him
as first thing is, I'm just going to turn. I'm going to
hurt you.
The city last season didn't lose a single game when they
scored the first goal of the game.
27 and threw one of 28. When scoring first
foden
to Broiler, Here Comes Holland. There is good, the one and he's
pulled across the face.
And I just had a glance each other
just before this move saying how slow the game was. But it's
exactly what city do. Brilliantly, sedate slow pace
book. Will then suddenly spring to life, the movement of De
bruyne, ER,
found well, beautiful ball. In inviting
anyone to get on the end of it, Harland arrived, just slightly
late. Gonna run couldn't quite hit the target with the angle.
What else
Thomas? So check.
So foul
that
didn't quite catch it.
Rotary
to bring up there goes Holland, he's on his way again, he's
hungry, he scored,
he always does. He always will
nothing more certain
than the earlier Holland word slap, his name across this
game.
Proud proud dad
and he's not the only one.
You just knew you just knew he wouldn't miss.
Well that's what he's added to this city team that's
threatened behind with electric Pace. They're under a bit of
pressure City. They get the ball, the game gets a little
bit stretched. Look at the movement.
Brilliantly time, run Johnson has to
set off a bit early. Just to give himself a chance that
plays him on side.
To Brian, with his head up.
Phone coming in off that line. And soon as he opens that body
up, you can see just gets onto his favoured left foot and
passes into the net, but there's that speed again.
Heinie's power,
gets himself into position and makes that finish look ever so
easy.
It's a brilliant goal to centre-backs
Johnson
and zoom are just simply not good enough to be able to stop
that. Got to be chatting, amongst yourselves. He runs off
Johnson into the space behind Zoomer
Hello,
I'm the one
hole now. You see him? Now, you don't
To bring it around the back.
Zoomer from in front of Harland greenish.
Invite greenish Holland. Hi.
He wants it. Once it does look at his run, I'm see this on
the replay
but where he is now
as a little lot. Where's the space in front? He backs off,
he backs off
that creates the space in front of him.
It's the story. They all came to see told
Pep Guardiola has
massive summer investment pays off, instantly
erling Holland was written as the hero of the day and he duly
performed as such with both goals efficiently, taken
clinically taken, one from the spot
of title T he himself had earned
and one from open play in the second half,
which, from three, four, five, six,
Seven seconds out was utterly
inevitable. He looks as though his shoulders are broad enough
to Bear the responsibility of stardom.
He seems not even to have broken sweat
and West Ham felt the full force of the Premier. League's
newest Megastar for West Ham.
Surely no need to panic, this is a fixture. Ticked off,
the toughest of them all one. They can leave behind them
and start again next week. But Manchester City,
surely they have
started and they have started hugely, effectively
in the Summer Sunshine,
they strolled around an Olympic stadium
with Olympian style, and they have an athlete here
that they will surely cherish for the weeks and months
and Seasons to come
Rebecca. Erling Harland has arrived