Watch Gabriel Jesus grab his very first goal for Manchester City

Talk of his demise has been heightened by the spectacular arrival of rival Jesus, but Aguero – and City – are capable of making a major impact in this season’s Champions League. “He’s only 19 years old but he has settled quickly”, he said.

“I am really impressed”.

Slaven Bilic says West Ham faced “mission impossible” trying to turn the game around against Manchester City. But I still haven’t decided [about tomorrow].

“I tried to discover the way to attack them and, wow, I couldn’t find it”. There is no space in the middle.

“In the big clubs they always have good goalkeepers and I’m going to decide depending on what I see”, he said. “First of all, it was well deserved by City, you’ve got to give them credit. They will be important players for the next few years”.

He writes: “Suddenly there is an impetus to Manchester City’s season, a verve, a velocity, a samba swagger, a one-touch destructiveness”.

33 is the age at which Jesus Christ died, and it is thought that City’s newest big-money signing chose the number as he comes from a religious family.

Paul Clement has done a good job at Swansea with back-to-back wins but this team is down there for a reason and I think it will be a long afternoon.

City are still fifth, 10 points behind Antonio Conte’s side.

City’s front three of Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling were all heavily involved in the comprehensive victory, and Guardiola reiterated his belief that the trio will be the “future of the club”. He likes to play on the left, with the movement in the diagonals, like he was doing in the last games.

“In sport you don’t know, but I don’t think we can catch them”.

The other match of the night saw Stoke take the lead through striker veteran Peter Crouch’s 100th Premier League goal, only for Seamus Coleman to reply for Everton before half-time as the sides shared the points in a 1-1 draw.

West Ham attacker Sofiane Feghouli should be dropped from the starting line-up following the Man City defeat.

West Ham’s poor performance against Manchester City was a reminder of how much they miss the Boleyn Ground. A big chance to reduce the arrears goes begging. Nearly 10 players are out of contract six months from now, and Pep Guardiola is indeed planning a big overhaul of the club.

Forward Jordan Ayew, signed from Aston Villa on Tuesday, has been delayed in joining up with his new team-mates by Ghana’s run to the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals, but will arrive in south Wales next week.