Bournemouth vs Man City

Minute-by-minute report: After being pegged back in recent away games, can Manchester City see off Bournemouth? Join Scott Murray.

[Bournemouth](https://www.theguardian.com/football/bournemouth) enough problems, the hosts shoot themselves in the foot. Billing, out on the Bournemouth right, plays an absurd square pass across the face of his own box. But as I type, City might yet get the eight goals they need to match it.” Alvarez sends a pearler towards the bottom left. 54 min: The City fans meanwhile entertain themselves by running through the Fleetwood Mac songbook. 62 min: Corner for City down the right. 63 min: Ajanki slides recklessly in on Solanke, who was going nowhere in particular out on the left. 71 min: Lewis flicks Foden into space down the right. 79 min: Perrone combines with Phillips down the left to win a corner. 80 min: The corner’s eventually taken, leading to a minor melee. City fail to deal with his cutback, and the ball breaks to Lerma, who controls on the penalty spot and lashes home! 86 min: Walker’s loose pass nearly lets Solanke in down the left.

Bournemouth 0-2 Manchester City: Erling Haaland scores his 27th goal of the Premier League season after Julian Alvarez's opener as title-chasing visitors ...

For Bournemouth, it's not been a great day. Dreadful from the hosts. He goes down in the box but Paul Tierney is having none of it and the ball goes out for a goal kick. And welcome to Sportsmail's live coverage of the Premier League clash between Bournemouth and Manchester City at the Vitality Stadium. But this is Pep Guardiola, and that means that Rico Lewis - down on the team at right-back - is doing his usual role of filling in in midfield and helping to create overloads for City. That's his 27th league goal of the season and a second is what City deserve for their first half performance. Ake plays a brilliant ball in behind and Gundogan - who has been electric so far - gets on the end of it after making a great run. From the resulting corner, Traore's shot is beaten away by Ederson for another corner and then the Brazilian claims a shot from Billing. And that signals the end of the first half and what has been a brilliant 45 minutes for City having come into the game under significant pressure. The ball bounces to Lerma after Dias goes to ground and the midfielder fires home on the volley - a great finish. City then break forward and Neto is forced into a couple of blocks after Gundogan runs in behind but Bournemouth just about clear the ball. City have dropped in the last 10 minutes and the hosts are really giving it a go now.

Manchester City make the long trip down south this teatime as they face AFC Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. City are looking to bounce back after ...

Maximo Perrone is on for his City debut and must have made an impression to get a debut so soon - we thought he would have been given time this season to settle in. It’s a tired leg from Dias - you wouldn’t expect him to play the 90 at Bristol on Tuesday. Jefferson Lerma scored in the last ten minutes to take some gloss off the scoreline but it was a comfortable night for the Blues. Lerma pulled one back to take some gloss off the scoreline Another solid performance from Dias, who led the back three well, and even found himself in the left-wing position to force the error from Philip Billing for City's third goal that killed the contest. Bournemouth gifted the ball to Foden who showed great composure to fire past Neto.

Manchester City have very little margin for error as they try to make it a three-peat, beginning with their trip to Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth.

[STREAM LIVE BOURNEMOUTH vs MANCHESTER CITY](https://stream.nbcsports.com/premier-league/bournemouth-manchester-city?cid=SEOPST) On the other hand, the Cherries have conceded just 28 in 19 games since Scott Parker was fired following the 9-0 defeat to Liverpool (and the 3-0 defeat to Arsenal, and the 4-0 defeat to Man City, in successive games). There was further disappointment in the UEFA Champions League this week (another blown lead and 1-1 draw, away to RB Leipzig on Wednesday) as Kevin De Bruyne missed out through illness and Erling Haaland was held without a goal for the fifth time in six games (all competitions). On one hand, no one has conceded more goals than Bournemouth this season (44 in 23 games). Last weekend’s draw with Nottingham Forest was as shocking as it was painful for Manchester City (52 points – 2nd place), who remain two points back of leaders Arsenal having played one more game thus far. But Saturday turned out to be a day of swings and roundabouts, as Arsenal overturned a pair of one-goal deficits to win 4-2 away to Aston Villa, and Man City let a 1-0 lead slip away in the 84th minute.

Bournemouth host Man City in a clash of two teams from the opposite ends of the PL table.

Although Manchester City boasts 100% win record against their opposition in the Premier League winning all 11 games against Bournemouth. Manchester City's away form in recent times has been a bit of a concern with the club failing to keep even a single clean sheet in their previous five fixtures. After losing 9 games on the trot, Bournemouth emerged victorious against Wolves to pick up their first victory since the World Cup in Qatar.

Man City XI: Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Lewis, Rodri, Gundogan, Grealish, Foden, Alvarez, Haaland. Substitutes: Moreno, Carson, Walker, Phillips, Perrone, ...

The third goal was a disaster for Bournemouth, crushing any hope O’Neil might have had of confecting a turnaround. Such moments were a rare distraction for O’Neil whose gloom was reinforced with a second goal for the visitors. With perfect control, Foden tapped the ball across goal to a lurking Haaland. It broke to Phil Foden, who, with the deftest of precise touches, passed on to Haaland, who, obviously, shot at goal. At one point he dashed back down the flank to intercept a Bournemouth cross. He looked as if he knew he were in for a long evening. But despite the pleas from the crowd, there was no penalty forthcoming. They buzzed and swarmed at Bournemouth from every angle, every inch of the pitch. An hour into this game, from a Bournemouth corner, the ball was bobbling around in the Manchester City area. Maybe Guardiola was not entirely misplaced in playing him as a wing back recently. Bournemouth were not beaten solely by the application of superior skill and finishing. Several Bournemouth players tried to shoot, tried to force a goal.

Manchester City put a frustrating week behind them to brush Bournemouth aside and keep the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal.

Rico Lewis (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Jefferson Lerma (Bournemouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. - Shots - 31Ederson - 32Anthony - 24Semenyo - 21Moore - 17Stacey - 14Rothwell - 12Randolph - 10Christie - 2Fredericks