Manchester City enactment a frustrating week down them to brushwood Bournemouth speech and support the unit connected Premier League leaders Arsenal.
Erling Haaland maintained his goal-a-game ratio since his summertime accomplishment by tucking location a close-range 2nd for his 27th top-flight extremity of the play to extremity a comparatively thin spell of 1 successful six games.
Phil Foden punished Philip Billing's wayward walk to adhd City's 3rd earlier half-time, and Bournemouth's misery was completed aft the interruption erstwhile Chris Mepham deflected an Alvarez volley into his ain net.
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After the table-topping Gunners won astatine Leicester earlier connected Saturday, City's triumph reduced Arsenal's cushion backmost to 2 points, though the leaders inactive bask the luxury of a crippled successful hand.
Battling Bournemouth deservedly claimed a precocious consolation via Jefferson Lerma but were outclassed overall, and decision leaves them 19th aft 3 different teams successful the bottommost six picked up points.
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AFC Bournemouth
Squad number13Player nameNeto
Squad number15Player nameA Smith
Squad number6Player nameMepham
Squad number3Player nameStephens
Squad number25Player nameSenesi
Squad number33Player nameZemura
Squad number11Player nameOuattara
Squad number8Player nameLerma
Squad number29Player nameBilling
Squad number22Player nameTraorè
Squad number9Player nameSolanke
Squad number2Player nameFredericks
Squad number14Player nameRothwell
Squad number32Player nameAnthony
Manchester City
Squad number31Player nameEderson
Squad number6Player nameAké
Squad number3Player nameRúben Dias
Squad number25Player nameAkanji
Squad number8Player nameGündogan
Squad number82Player nameLewis
Squad number16Player nameRodri
Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
Squad number10Player nameGrealish
Squad number47Player nameFoden
Squad number9Player nameHaaland
Squad number2Player nameWalker
Squad number4Player namePhillips
Squad number21Player nameGómez
Squad number26Player nameMahrez
Squad number32Player namePerrone
Line-ups
Bournemouth
Formation 5-4-1
- 13Neto
- 15A SmithSubstituted forFredericksat 59'minutes
- 6MephamBooked astatine 58mins
- 3Stephens
- 25Senesi
- 33Zemura
- 11OuattaraBooked astatine 48mins
- 8Lerma
- 29BillingSubstituted forRothwellat 59'minutes
- 22TraorèSubstituted forAnthonyat 76'minutes
- 9Solanke
Substitutes
- 1Travers
- 2Fredericks
- 10Christie
- 12Randolph
- 14Rothwell
- 17Stacey
- 21Moore
- 24Semenyo
- 32Anthony
Man City
Formation 3-2-4-1
- 31Ederson
- 6AkéSubstituted forWalkerat 80'minutes
- 3Rúben Dias
- 25AkanjiBooked astatine 63mins
- 8GündoganSubstituted forGómezat 55'minutes
- 82Lewis
- 16RodriSubstituted forPhillipsat 55'minutesBooked astatine 60mins
- 19Álvarez
- 10GrealishSubstituted forMahrezat 72'minutes
- 47Foden
- 9HaalandSubstituted forPerroneat 72'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Walker
- 4Phillips
- 17De Bruyne
- 18Ortega
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 21Gómez
- 26Mahrez
- 32Perrone
- 33Carson
Live Text
Match ends, Bournemouth 1, Manchester City 4.
Second Half ends, Bournemouth 1, Manchester City 4.
Attempt missed. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is close, but misses the apical near country from a nonstop escaped kick.
Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear successful the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Zemura (Bournemouth).
Attempt missed. Sergio Gómez (Manchester City) near footed changeable from extracurricular the container is excessively high. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
Attempt missed. Jaidon Anthony (Bournemouth) close footed changeable from the near broadside of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Zemura.
Offside, Manchester City. Máximo Perrone tries a done ball, but Julián Álvarez is caught offside.
Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Jefferson Lerma (Bournemouth).
Goal! Bournemouth 1, Manchester City 4. Jefferson Lerma (Bournemouth) close footed changeable from the centre of the container to the precocious centre of the goal.
Foul by Manuel Akanji (Manchester City).
Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Attempt blocked. Rico Lewis (Manchester City) close footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Kalvin Phillips.
Attempt missed. Rico Lewis (Manchester City) close footed changeable from the centre of the container misses to the near pursuing a corner.
Substitution, Manchester City. Kyle Walker replaces Nathan Aké.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Jaidon Anthony replaces Hamed Traorè.
Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City).
Jefferson Lerma (Bournemouth) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
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