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.
Follow the latest action from the Premier League below.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
Bournemouth are attempting to press a little higher than they have been, knowing that they'd have a chance on the break. Scott tries to intercept a big switch from Rodri, but it only glances off his head on it's way through to Ake.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
CLOSE! Another corner is played short by City and Silva finds himself in a pocket of space on the edge of the D. He whips a shot towards the top left corner that has Radu stretching, but it flies just wide.
Manchester City vs AFC Bournemouth
For all of City's possession, Radu has only had the one save to make so far, and that was a fairly comfortable one. Silva links up with Alvarez again, but the Argentinian's fizzed shot is deflected wide by Zabarnyi.
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