Manchester City maintained the perfect mark with its third successive victory in the English Premier League, which was achieved away from home at the expense of West Ham (3-1) today, Saturday.

Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick for Man City in the 10th, 30th and 83rd minutes, while West Ham's goal came through Ruben Diaz's own goal (19th).

The victory gave City the opportunity to temporarily take the lead by reaching the ninth point, while West Ham’s balance stopped at 3 points in 13th place.

West Ham showed their desire to reach Ederson's goal early with intense pressure and continuous attempts to score goals from the first minute, but the solidity of the defense and the ingenuity of the Brazilian goalkeeper prevented that.

In the visitors' first real attempt, Haaland rose to the cross, directing a header over the crossbar.

Haaland returned to translate a counterattack into a goal, after receiving a pass from Bernardo Silva, to easily put the ball into the net successfully.

Goalkeeper Alphonse Areola blocked a shot from De Bruyne in the far left corner, which turned into a corner kick.

De Bruyne almost increased City's lead, after receiving a silky pass on the edge of the penalty area, which he met with a direct shot against the post, before it rebounded to Grealish, who fired a powerful shot into the far right corner, passing it past the goal.

A few seconds later, West Ham succeeded in equalizing with friendly fire, after Ruben Diaz failed to deal with a ground cross, and accidentally put it into his team's net.

In turn, Gvardiol advanced to the Hammers penalty area at the moment of a free kick, and rose to a high cross, directing the ball with his head in the middle of the goal, and Areola caught it brilliantly.

Haaland appeared again, when a ball reached him from Lewis inside the penalty area, and he accepted the gift by directing a missile shot into the roof of the net, scoring City's second goal.

Before the end of the first half, De Bruyne was close to making his mark after shooting a free kick on the edge of the penalty area, but his attempt failed, as the ball passed directly over the crossbar.

At the beginning of the second half, West Ham launched a counterattack, initiated by Paqueta, ending with Quddus, who launched the ball on the left side before penetrating the penalty area and shooting a missile that returned the post, thus missing the opportunity to equalize for the second time.

Areola had no difficulty in blocking Silva's attempt, who met a cross from the left side with a shot into the middle of the goal, catching it twice.

Diaz was about to compensate his team for the own goal, after he advanced to the Hammers’ penalty area and met a perfect cross from the left side with a quick touch, but his ball passed near the post.

A few minutes before the end of normal time, Nunez sent a silky pass towards Haaland, who ran with the ball and placed a lob over Fabianski, strengthening his team's lead with a third goal.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Haaland almost scored the fourth goal for himself and his team had it not been for Fabianski's save.

The attack turned into a rebound for the Hammers, and Summerville finished it off with a shot into the far right corner, which touched Ederson's hand before hitting the post, before the final whistle