In-form Manchester City came from behind to beat resilient West Ham 2-1 and grab all three points on Saturday, at Etihad Stadium.

Guardiola's side have rescued nine Premier League points with goals in the final seven minutes of matches already this season, with David Silva's 83rd-minute finish their third late victor in a week.

Boss Guardiola smiled: "I heard about Fergie time". That is why we are so happy - every game is so tough and it is important to keep our momentum. The opponent doesn't want to play.

'I think the effort and energy of the players will give us a real chance'.

"Teams come to the Etihad now and defend so deep to try to frustrate, but I wish them all the best and hope they can win a lot of trophies at the end of the season".

"We're disappointed not to have taken anything from the game but we're really proud of the players". I am not judging but it is hard.

David Silva scored a late goal as runaway English Premier League leaders Manchester City restored their eight-point lead with a 2-1 victory against West Ham United on Sunday.

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The Citizens will have the opportunity to break the record this Sunday when they face Manchester United at Old Trafford.

But Guardiola is taking nothing for granted.

Within the first four months of the season, City have already beaten the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool while they also proved too much for Napoli in Europe.

However, West Ham's lead did not last long after the restart, when Nicolas Otamendi turned in a cross from Gabriel Jesus just before the hour mark.

Then Silva acrobatically pounced on a stunning Kevin De Bruyne cross late on to nab victory.

It was hard to level the same accusation convincingly against West Ham, who sat deep but had chances to lead through Michail Antonio and Manuel Lanzini before Ogbonna headed home Aaron Creswell's cross in the 44th minute, but England global Delph was frustrated by their approach all the same.