It's Manchester City 2-1 against visiting West Ham United at half time, and what looked like it could have been an absolute rout early on has been turned around by the Hammers, although they've been unable to equalise as of yet. Manchester City started off fired up (perhaps by Tottenham Hotspur's Saturday loss at Stamfrod Bridge), and they could have been up by multiple goals in the first minute alone.
Manchester City Vs. West Ham United: Hosts Lead 2-1 At Halftime
Nigel de Jong eventually broke the deadlock in the tenth minute, rifling a half-cleared corner through a crowd of players and into the back of Robert Green's net, and Lars Jacobsen made things worse by smashing a Pablo Zabeleta cross into the roof of his own net (Mario Balotelli would have converted had Jocobsen not intervened anyway). Then, adding injury to insult, captain Matthew Upson was forced off the pitch pimping to be replaced by Manuel da Costa.
It was all shaping up to be a rather bad day for the Hammers when Robbie Keane raced clean through of the home defence and had his shot saved by Joe Hart. Not a goal, but a start, and suddenly Avram Grant's men were all over the place, eventually halving the deficit thanks to a nice finish from Demba Ba, with an assist from Joleon Lescott's hand.
One has to imagine that Roberto Mancini will be having a stern team talk at half time, because with the way they’re playing right now City could easily throw away this lead. The second half should be good.
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