Substitute Phil Foden on target to earn stuttering Manchester City point at West Ham United

Introduction of young midfielder and De Bruyne lifts City after Antonio's bicycle kick put Hammers in front

Manchester City's Phil Foden celebrates with Eric Garcia after levelling the score at 1-1 against West Ham United on Saturday, October 24. Getty

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola at the London Stadium. Reuters

West Ham's Michail Antonio under pressure from City defender Eric García. AFP

Phil Foden, partially hidden, scores for City. EPA

City's Raheem Sterling under pressure from Declan Rice of West Ham. EPA

West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski catches the ball. EPA

City's Phil Foden celebrates scoring. AFP

West Ham manager David Moyes. Reuters

West Ham's Michail Antonio celebrates after opening the scoring. EPA

Manchester City's Bernardo Silva holds off the challenge of Tomas Soucek of West Ham. AP

West Ham's Michail Antonio scores an overhead kick to put his team in front. EPA

City's Raheem Sterling is through on goal but Hammers goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski makes the block. AP

Michail Antonio scores for West Ham. Getty

West Ham's Vladimir Coufal attempts to block Sergio Aguero's shot at goal for City. AP

Phil Foden came off the bench to secure Manchester City a 1-1 draw at West Ham.

The 20-year-old midfielder, on at half-time to replace Sergio Aguero, took just six minutes to haul Pep Guardiola's side level.

West Ham had taken a first-half lead through a spectacular bicycle kick from Michail Antonio.

City, transformed by the introductions of Foden and fit-again Kevin De Bruyne, dominated the second half but were unable to add to their solitary goal.

The Hammers will be encouraged by another point, following on from Sunday's dramatic comeback at Tottenham, and given that their record in this fixture is atrocious.

After the match, Foden admitted City were frustrated at having not gone on to take all three points.

“It was a frustrating game," he said. "We had enough chances to win it but we’re disappointed we couldn’t get the second goal.

“We know they were in good form going into the game, which is something the manager touched on beforehand. Their goalkeeper kept them in it, but we were just unlucky today.

“It’s been a strange year. A lot of games are coming quickly so maybe some players are feeling it. Everyone has the ability to make an impact.”

Injuries and have taken their toll on City, so much so that Guardiola named an unchanged starting line-up for the first time since October 2017, some 172 games ago.

Guardiola clearly wanted to build on the momentum from Wednesday's Champions League win over Porto, but instead they looked weary in the first half and it was West Ham who took the initiative with Antonio firing them into an 18th-minute lead.

Tomas Soucek began the move down the City left, laying the ball off to his Czech mate Vladimir Coufal.

Right-back Coufal, making his home debut, swung in a cross which Antonio, despite being surrounded by five defenders and Ruben Dias, acrobatically hooked over his shoulder and past Ederson.

City claimed Soucek had handled in the build-up but a VAR check ruled otherwise.

It was only the second goal West Ham had managed in six fixtures against the same opponents at the London Stadium – City had racked up 22 over the previous five.

City had a chance to level when Joao Cancelo overlapped and drove in a low cross but Riyad Mahrez, arriving at the far post, could only guide the ball into the hands of Lukasz Fabianski.

Yet West Ham finished the first half on the front foot, Antonio almost muscling his way through again before Soucek's shot was blocked.

Guardiola replaced Aguero with Foden and moved Raheem Sterling, who had been kept very quiet by Coufal, into the central striker's role.

Within six minutes they were level, Cancelo tearing past Coufal and crossing for Foden to turn and fire home.

West Ham lost Antonio, and much of their attacking thrust, to injury and City pushed for a winner with Fabianski holding a De Bruyne free-kick before Arthur Masuaku came up with a goal-saving challenge to deny Mahrez.

Pablo Fornals fluffed an excellent chance for the Hammers when he made a mess of an attempted lob over Ederson, and Fabianski came to West Ham's rescue to deny Sterling and Mahrez at the death.

West Ham midfielder Declan Rice was delighted with his team's efforts.  “It’s a great point," he said. "We’ve been in fantastic form recently. The first half was excellent today. We nullified their main players and Antonio scored a great goal. It was about digging in and giving everything for the point.

“They’re a possession-based team. They’ve got so many players to pass to. It doesn’t help when they bring De Bruyne on with 25 minutes to go. The lads stayed switched on, it was brilliant."