City defeats West Ham, United frustrates

Manchester City turned on the style to destroy West Ham United 4-0 and restore its blurring Premier League title yearnings even as Manchester United's trusts endured a possibly deadly blow with a goalless home draw against battling Hull City on Wednesday.

City created a glimmering first-half show, scoring three circumstances before the leap forward Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and new kid Gabriel Jesus, before Yaya Toure's punishment topped an uneven frolic at the London Stadium.

Clinical completing was hard to come by as United came up against a roused execution from Hull attendant Eldin Jakupovic, who made a string of radiant recoveries to keep Jose Mourinho's side under control.

While City's triumph moved it level on 46 focuses with fourth-set Liverpool and kept pioneer Chelsea pretty much in its sights, United's goof abandoned it 6th, four focuses afloat of City and 14 off the summit.

The outcomes:

Chief League: Manchester United 0 drew with Hull 0; Stoke 1 (Crouch 7) drew with Everton 1 (Shawcross 39-og); West Ham 0 lost to Manchester City 4 (De Bruyne 17, Silva 21, Jesus 39, Toure 67-pen).