Gabriel Jesus, the young Brazilian selected ahead of Aguero, bagged his first goal for Manchester City as they thrashed west ham 4-0 at London stadium…..elsewhere, Manchester United`s hopes of having a top four finish dwindled after being held to a 0-0 draw by hull city…in the Copa Del Rey, 2 firsthalf goals from lionel messi and Luis Suarez gave Barcelona a slight 2-1 advantage over Atletico Madrid as they welcome them to camp nou in a weeks’ time in the 2nd leg of the semi final.
Manchester city were in a class of their own as they put 4 past a hapless Westham in the Epl match…Kevin de Bruyne, David Silva, Gabriel Jesus and Yay Toure were all on target for the Pep Guardiola led side who surprisingly left star striker Sergio Aguero and goalkeeper Claudio bravo on the bench at the London stadium.
Manchester united failed to cut the deficit between them and man city to one point after playing to a barren draw with hull city at old Trafford with the result dealing them a blow in their race for a top-four finish ….man of the match, Eldin Jakupovic made a string of fine saves totaling to six, punching the air in delight with each effort he kept out and taking the acclaim of the jubilant away supporters at full-time.
Elsewhere, veteran striker peter crouch scored his 100th premier league goal as stoke were held to an entertaining draw at home to Everton…..Everton equalized when Seamus Coleman, on his 200th league appearance for the toffees, saw his cross-shot fly in off stoke defender Ryan Shaw cross.
Moving on to the Copa del Rey, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi goals in the first half was enough to give Barcelona a slight 2-1 away advantage over Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey semifinal at Vicente Calderon…Antoine griezmann gave Atletico hope for next Tuesday’s second leg at the Nou camp with a 59th-minute close-range header.