Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has hailed his side's performance against West Ham United in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final tie.

Alvaro Negredo scored a hat-trick as the Citizens ran out 6-0 winners at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday.

"It was a brilliant performance," BBC Sport quotes the Chilean as saying.

"It doesn't matter if we were two, three or four up we kept playing the same way, always looking for more goals.

"Alvaro Negredo had a great match, he was the link between the strikers and midfield but Edin Dzeko was great too. They are not used to playing together but they are getting better all the time."

Edin Dzeko scored twice and Yaya Toure added one for City.