Manchester City made an overwhelming start to the campaign to defend their Premier League title in the past two seasons, with a 5-0 win, including a hat-trick, Raheem Sterling, at West Ham United on Saturday in a match that saw a series of video-assisted arbitration interventions. (VAR).

City's goals came through Brazilian Gabriel Jesus (25), Sterling (51, 75 and 90 + 1) and Argentine Sergio Aguero from the penalty spot (86), in a match that saw the first case canceled a goal in the league after returning to video technology used this season for the first time In the England Championship.

Spanish coach Josep Guardiola's team dominated the London Olympic stadium in a meeting in which he pushed Algerian Riad Mehrez on the right flank with the injury of German Leroy Sanet in the right knee, which his coach said would leave him for six to seven months.

Mehrez, who led Algeria this summer to the African Nations Cup title in Egypt, made a key contribution to the victory, with two crucial passes for Sterling and a penalty kick.

Guardiola kept Portuguese midfielder Joao Cancelo on the bench after joining Italian champions Juventus this week in exchange for Danilo's departure in the opposite direction. Aguero's all-time top scorer kept the substitute in midfield, replacing Jesus.

City, who won Sunday's Community Shield at the expense of last season's runners-up Liverpool, needed a few minutes before launching their offensive machine, which ended last season with 95 Premier League goals.

Mehrez had two dangerous chances, in the ninth minute with a powerful left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, cleared by Polish goalkeeper Lukas Fabianski, and second (21) when he dribbled and shot from close range in the net.

The northern players waited until the 24th minute to break the tie, with a penetration of defender Kyle Walker into the area, turning it into a cross that tried to keep West Ham's Issa Diop, before Jesus followed into the net.

City set the tone further after the goal, and had several chances, before the second half began in a stronger way, and consolidate his lead after a counterattack led by Mehrez and passed the ball to Belgian Kevin De Bruyne, who dribbled and launched solo inside the penalty area for Sterling, finishing the last brilliantly Between the legs of Fabianski upon his exit to meet him (51). Two minutes later, City celebrated their third and second personal goal for Jesus after receiving a shot from Sterling on a gold plate against the goal. But a return to video technology showed that Sterling was offside by a millimeter, prompting referee Mike Dean to cancel the goal.

With a third of the last hour, Lost Ham had two consecutive dangerous chances, when Mexican substitute Javier Hernandez (Chicharito) watched from close range and narrowly pulled the ball past Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson, returning from the head of Argentine hosts Manuel Lanzini to the defending goalkeeper. The guard and pushed him away.

West Ham paid the price for losing the two rare opportunities, as City scored three goals in the rest of the meeting time.

The defending champion started in the 75th minute when Mehrez passed a deceiving ball into the area to a censored sterling Sterling.

The referee reviewed the target with video technology on suspicion of infiltration, before proving the target.

Minutes later, Mehrez received a penalty after Diop was blocked inside the area. This time, however, the video technology was in favor of City, pushing the kick back to a mistake in West Ham's move.

Sterling scored the hat-trick in stoppage time (90 + 1), after a solo after a fine pass from Mehrez.