Everton boss Frank Lampard : "It's a win that has been a little while coming. We probably have deserved it somewhere this season already but it hadn't come. We have been hard to beat recently but we haven't had that clinical edge in front of goal but today we had that.

Aston Villa boss Steven Gerrard: "I was really happy in he first half, thought we were the better team and controlled but we didn't create enough to trouble their keeper. "The game was finely balanced at half-time but they made a couple of changes and we stopped keeping the ball.

West Ham boss David Moyes said: "I'm disappointed because we didn't win. We did OK but we gave away a couple of really poor goals. "The penalty was the turning point, we started OK and contained them a little bit but we lacked that bit of quality and we didn't keep the ball when we won it.

Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper : "I thought we deserved to win for the way we played in the first half – I thought we were excellent, by far the better team and really took the game to West Ham.

“I was fortunate as a manager to be with Messi and if he scored two, he wanted three, if he scored three he wanted four, and if he got four he wanted five,” Guardiola said. “The top goalscorers, the strikers, they are never satisfied.

Brighton boss Graham Potter: “I’m incredibly proud of what we have achieved. They are an amazing group of players to work with, with brilliant support from everyone behind the scenes.

West Ham manager David Moyes: “I couldn’t believe the way that Manchester City played in the first half and how we played and that we were 2-0 up - they were so good. They had so much of the ball.

Rodgers reaction “It was a disappointing result and performance. We started the game well and then like what has happened a lot this season we have undone our good work. We switched off from a throw-in, and then a corner cost us the game.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, speaking to BBC Sport: “You have to find a way to win and today we won ugly. "We showed incredible spirit. We adapted. You have to find a way to win all the time to win - forcing mistakes, being brilliant, digging in, clean sheets.

West Ham boss David Moyes said: "It is a game where we missed the opportunity. We had an opportunity to challenge the teams above us but we have missed it. "It was a terrible injury to Ashley Westwood, which derailed the speed of the game for a while.

Brentford manager Thomas Frank "A top performance against a very good side [who are] in the quarter-final of the Europa League and challenging for the Champions League. "I told the players we needed to keep the tempo of the game and play with big intensity.

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte : "I am very delighted not only for the three points, but for the performance. We played really, really well. "We dominated the game from the start until the end.