Manchester City vs Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League result and final score
Manchester City 6-1 Bournemouth: Champions go top thanks to ruthless display
Manchester City winger Jeremy Doku scored and created two more goals in seven blistering first-half minutes before adding two more assists in the second period as the champions hammered Bournemouth 6-1 to go top of the Premier League.
After probing carefully for the opening half-hour, City finally opened the scoring on the half-hour mark when Doku played a slick one-two with Rodri on the edge of the box before guiding the ball home.
Three minutes later Doku’s dazzling footwork left the Bournemouth defence flat-footed as he squared for Bernardo Silva to score the second and in the 37th minute his left-foot shot was deflected into the net by team mate Manuel Akanji.
Doku teed up substitute Phil Foden to score in the 64th and, though Luis Sinisterra pulled one back for the Cherries, Silva and Nathan Ake wrapped up the win to send City top on 27 points, one ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, who host Chelsea on Monday.
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Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Substitution Philip Anyanwu Billing Antoine Serlom Semenyo
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Substitution Rodrigo Hernández Cascante Kalvin Mark Phillips
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Substitution Julián Álvarez Matheus Luiz Nunes
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Substitution John Stones Rico Henry Mark Lewis
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
That fourth goal looks to have knocked the wind out of Bournemouth's sails as they're dropping deeper into their own half. It's spread out to Walker, but he can't pick out a cross into the crowded box.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Silva skips past three Bournemouth defenders as he cuts inside, but he can't find any space. Doku chooses to slide in Ake instead of having another run at goal, but the Dutchman's low cross is blocked.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Silva threatens to get in behind the Cherries once more as he surges down the right, but Kerkez tracks him all the way. He slides in with a great tackle, and Bournemouth are back in possession.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
OFF THE BAR! Bournemouth work it quickly upfield once more, and it's pulled back to Solanke in the middle of the box. He has time to take a touch before firing a shot towards the top corner. Ederson is beaten, but it rattles the bar. What a goal that would've been!
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