West Ham 0-5 Manchester City: 5 Hits and Flops

#3 Flop: Issa Diop

Diop endured a tough afternoon's work against Sterling and co

A toss-up between Fabian Balbuena and Issa Diop for the game's worst performer, given his involvement in Manchester City's rampant second-half display, this berth must go to the Frenchman. He, like the rest of West Ham's team, was fairly solid early on.

That soon changed after Kyle Walker displayed Olympic-type pace to leave Cresswell in his dust after overlapping Riyad Mahrez down the flank.

Diop reacted too slowly in transition and found himself having to recover as City broke at speed, his sliding block inadvertently teeing up Jesus to his left and making the Brazilian's job easier.

Kevin de Bruyne bypassed Balbuena like he wasn't there for City's second, though Diop's deliberate attempt to catch Gabriel Jesus offside proved futile. VAR kept the scores at 2-0, though he conceded a penalty for their fourth goal by upending Mahrez as the winger attempted to weave beyond him in the box.

Then for goal number five, he was their deepest defender playing Raheem Sterling onside and crucially didn't intercept Mahrez's pass into the Englishman who advanced through on-goal unchallenged before leaving Fabianski looking silly to seal his hat-trick. With two interceptions and clearances, one tackle and block completed, Diop was kept busy but was simply overrun as part of an underwhelming defensive display.