Man City player ratings vs West Ham with three 5/10s as Omar Marmoush poor

Manchester City player ratings from the Manchester Evening News for the 1-1 draw at West Ham in the Premier League

Manchester City's difficult March continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw with West Ham. The Blues are now nine points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal with a game in hand and have managed just one win from their last four matches in all competitions.

Bernardo Silva looked to have given City the advantage they needed, chipping Mads Hermansen with an effort that looked more accident than design. That built on a solid first 30 minutes for the Blues, but they immediately threw away their lead with some poor defending from a corner.

Erling Haaland went close and substitute Tijjani Reijnders hit the bar as City looked for a winner but they were unable to find one and must count the cost of two more points dropped. Here are the player ratings from the Manchester Evening News.

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Donnarumma: A horrible error to gift West Ham a way back into the game. Not much else to do but recovered. 5

Nunes: Composed in defence and offered an attacking threat down that right side. 7

Khusanov: Mopped up anything that Bowen or Taty tried in attack to keep City in control at all times. 7

Guehi: Mostly positive, especially building from the back, yet there were a few defensive lapses that put City in trouble. 6

Ait-Nouri: Looked good again, getting the better of his battle with Wan-Bissaka and giving nothing up. 7

Rodri: Pretty masterful in the first half, even if he again seemed to find the second half more of a struggle. 7

Silva: An inspired finish and he led by example with Rodri in midfield, doing what was asked of him. 7

O'Reilly: Everywhere in midfield, constantly getting the ball and pushing City onto the front foot. 7

Semenyo: Saw plenty of the ball but couldn't do what he wanted to with it, seemingly happier to run onto the ball rather than have it at his feet. 5

Marmoush: Didn't offer enough, straying offside a number of times to halt promising moves and end any goal threat. 4

Haaland: Had very little involvement again and missed one chance that he should have snaffled, although he did go close once. 5

Substitutes

Cherki (for Marmoush, 60) Gave City something fresh. 7

Doku (for Ait-Nouri, 60) Couldn't outwit Wan-Bissaka. 6

Reijnders (for Silva, 75) Unlucky with his shot turned onto the bar. 6

Foden (for Semenyo, 75) Got involved. 6

Not used: Trafford, Dias, Ake, Gonzalez, Kovacic