La Araña took the field at 78 minutes with the match 2-0 in favor of Manchester City and played his first official match in the English league.
Julián Álvarez has already become a reliable player for Pep Guardiola and it has been shown in recent games. Starting in the first friendly, he came on in the second and scored a goal in his first official match, in the Community Shield final against Liverpool. The Spider had only one box left to fill: debut in the Premier League. And that happened this afternoon in London.
Manchester City made their debut against West Ham as visitors and achieved a solid 2-0 victory with a brace from Erling Haaland, the first from a penalty in the first half and the second in extra time after a great clearance from Kevin DeBruyne. With the game sentenced, Guardiola decided to send the former River to the field at 78 minutes instead of the Norwegian star.
La Araña stood as a center forward and could not intervene much in the game, beyond a few touches of the ball and a shot from the door of the area that hit a West Ham defender in the face and had a goal. In total, he touched the ball eight times (100% effective in the 6 passes he made) and made a dribble. The Citizens’ next match will be next Saturday at the Etihad Stadium against newly promoted Bournemouth.