Manchester City moved back to within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal with a convincing 4-1 win over Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday Night.
City took the lead after 15 minutes, Julian Alvarez stealing in to fire home from a yard out after Erling Haaland’s effort had come back off the crossbar
Man City doubled their lead when Nathan Ake released Ilkay Gundogan down the left, and as his ball into the middle came off Phil Foden it fell to Haaland to tap home from close range (29).
City put the game seemingly beyond Bournemouth when Philip Billing played a lazy, aimless pass square across the pitch from the touchline. The alert Foden pounced on it, advanced on Neto’s goal and rolled the ball beyond the goalkeeper
City made it four just after half-time, Rico Lewis put in a good cross from the right which was cleared, but only as far as Foden, whose whipped ball in was blasted against Chris Mepham by Alvarez for an own goal.
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Jefferson Lerma met Dominic Solanke’s low cross to rifle in a late consolation for Bournemouth, who sit in 19th place, a point adrift of safety after victories for Leeds and West Ham earlier on Saturday.
Haaland’s 27th Premier League goal means he’s now scored more than any other Manchester City player in a single campaign in the competition, while it’s his joint-highest tally in a big five European league campaign with Borussia Dortmund)
It all went according to plan for Pep Guardiola certainly in the first half. Bournemouth will take some comfort from their second-half exertions, but City are back in business.