Having been made an offer I couldn't refuse your correspondent was in Sicily for this one. It was certainly a tense evening waiting for phone updates while dining out on trofie pasta with local tomatoes and ricotta cheese, which is certainly one more trofie than Spurs will win.
Watching the highlights the three centre backs played really well, while the Hammers also managed to overcome the loss of Crysencio Summerville. Nuno brings in an extra defender and plays Pablo to nullify Jimmy's loss, though with hindsight it now doesn't seem that wise to have brought Summerville on against Brentford.
City take the lead with what is surely a cross from Bernardo Silva, the ball looping up and over a flailing Hermansen. Credit to the Irons for an instant response. After winning a corner Donnarumma gets under the ball and the Greek Bloke raises like the colossus of Stratford to head in off the bar. A great moment for Dinos who is unrecognisable from the error-prone defender of last season. Semenyo misses a good chance and it's level at the break.
The second half sees relentless City pressure but West Ham defend superbly. A simple thing like the fact our defenders now celebrate tackles and clearances seems to have made all the difference. Hermansen makes a really good low save to defy Erling Haaland. The Greek Bloke thwarts Nunes with a saving tackle and then takes a Haaland shot full in the face to show his commitment. Hermansen tips a City free kick on to the bar and Guehi shoots over before West Ham earn a bonus point and move out of the bottom three for 24 hours.
Disasi and Todibo have also had fine games while Fernandes has battled well and Bowen has as ever chased everything. Nuno got his subs right too, with Magassa coming on after Pedro had completed his shift. No-one expected West Ham to get anything from this and we might also just have won the league for Arsenal.
On Match of the Day it's good to see Konstantinos Mavropanos, who might be related to the Greek Bloke, earn the praise of the pundits. The only expensive problem is that I might now have to go to Sicily for every game to bring us luck. With Spurs earning an annoying point at Liverpool and Forest and Leeds also drawing we're still right in the relegation fight. But that's now just two defeats in 12 games. Keep this up and we can do it.
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Agree that Spurs won''t win a trofie but then they are pasta their best. I'll see myself out.
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