The home side of this game
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Once again it was back to 361 with RubenDias, Walker, Ake at the back, Rodri, Stones at the back, Grealish, B. Silva, Alvarez, Mahrez in midfield, Haaland up front, and West Ham in 4231 with Kehrer, Ogbonna, Coufal, Cresswell. Cresswell, backs Downes & Paqueta, midfielders Bowen, Fornals, Emerson, striker Antonio
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West Ham started the game very aggressively in front of the net.
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Doing the press, they didn't steal the first part of the first half
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of the ball, but it did make
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It took a little longer to get the ball out of the back, and West Ham were kind of tight at the back.
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It's not that easy to get in.
With Gündo?an and DeBruyne out of the game.
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There was a poor ability to get forward in midfield and to the wings in support, and in the first part of the first half it was only possible to rely on Grealish to attack strongly down the left and to try and get a direct pass to Haaland, but West Ham's side were mostly able to clear the ball.
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The offense isn't doing very well.
Grealish later forced a good shot from the left hand side of the box and Rodri scored a 15 yarder from Haaland's play on 31 which almost went in but unfortunately went in off the post, West Ham looked nervous during this period and there were gaps in the center which made it difficult for the visitors to get on the score sheet.
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A siege was formed late in the first half, but West Ham still didn't let up on their defense.
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The only thing to do was to try and force a pass behind the defender, but this was very difficult and the attacking line struggled to get a good shot on goal in this situation
Mahrez took a free kick from the left side of the field at the 48:00 mark of the second half and Ake jumped at the far post for the goal.
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A free kick to score the first point of the game.
After falling behind West Ham tried to pick up the tempo of their attack and defense as they were more interested in scoring, however
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Also waiting for this moment, next
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There was a marked increase in the number of attacks launched, and Haaland moved more vigorously in front of the
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On a number of occasions, they were able to hit the West Ham penalty area and almost created a shooting opportunity
West Ham made a substitution on 67 minutes with Antonio and Coufal coming off for Ings and RenJohnson in a bid to bolster the attack, however
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The offense hasn't slowed down.
At the 69th minute, West Ham were on the attack and the backfield was empty, Grealish took the ball and passed directly through the center line, Haaland successfully received a pass from Grealish in front of the field, took the ball and rushed to the penalty area and shot from 17 yards to easily break the goal, Haaland made the goal count of 35 goals with this goal, breaking the record.
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All-time record for goals in a single season
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After taking a 2-0 lead at the 75 mark, Akanji and Foden were replaced by Ake and Alvarez, Akanji came on to play at left back, West Ham were desperate to attack but were never able to open up gaps on the wings, unable to create a two-winged passing game, instead, the midfield part of the team became more and more passive and were constantly being attacked by
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Pressure, and no effective snaps to limit the
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Finally, in the 84th minute, Mahrez's corner kick was headed out to the top of the box, where it was met by substitute Foden, who scored from 20 yards out. West Ham were too deep but didn't keep an eye on their opponents on the penalty line, and Foden's goal was extremely beautiful.
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Controlling the game throughout the second half, West Ham were controlled in a situation where the tackles weren't strong enough for them.
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It's just a slow, one goal at a time, and it's finally a 3-0 victory to end the game.
The most important thing about this game is that Haaland broke the high hanging for years
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The record for goals scored in a single season.
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Also moving up to the top of the table, just before the end of the season
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With five games to go, it's highly likely that Haaland will score again.
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's all-time single-season goal-scoring barrier will be set by Haaland's
