Man City held at West Ham to lose ground on Premier League leaders Arsenal

Manchester City draw 1-1 with relegation-threatened West Ham to fall nine points behind Arsenal in the Premier League race.Published On 14 Mar 2026Manchester ‌City lost further ground on Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday as they were held ⁠to a 1-1 draw ⁠at West Ham United, which left them nine points behind the leaders with a game in hand.After Arsenal left it late to beat Everton 2-0, Bernardo Silva ⁠put City ahead in the 31st minute with a fortunate chip over goalkeeper Mads Hermansen, before Konstantinos Mavropanos headed home Jarrod Bowen’s corner four minutes later.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Three members of Iranian women’s football team pull Australia asylum bidslist 2 of 4Indian-owned Sunrisers face backlash after signing Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmedlist 3 of 4‘Just the beginning’: Antonelli becomes youngest F1 Grand Prix pole sitterlist 4 of 4Iran team hit back at Trump over FIFA World Cup exclusion threatend of listCity manager Pep Guardiola had claimed the ⁠title race could be over if his side dropped points again, and City poured forward with increasing desperation in search of a winner after the break.Erling Haaland, on a run of four goals in his previous 17 games, drew a fingertip save from Hermansen before he scuffed a shot wide from Antoine Semenyo’s ‌cutback.Marc Guehi then sliced horribly wide in the fifth minute of added time, as West Ham deservedly clung onto a precious point in their relegation battle.Manchester City remained second, with 61 points from 30 games, having suffered another blow to their title hopes after a sobering first-leg 3-0 defeat at Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday. West Ham moved out of the relegation zone for the first time since December and up to ⁠17th with 29 points, one ahead of Nottingham Forest, who have a ⁠game in hand.Man City dominated possession in the opening stages but without coming close to creating a chance, a theme throughout the contest.Haaland spurned the first real opportunity when he completely misjudged a header from Rayan Ait-Nouri’s ⁠cross, but Silva opened the scoring minutes later.