Bournemouth vs Man City LIVE: Premier League final score and result as Evanilson goal beats champions
Pep Guardiola’s City lose top spot after defeat
Manchester City lost top spot in the Premier League table after a 2-1 defeat at AFC Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.
Pep Guardiola’s side have been beset by injuries of late but they fell behind to a fine sweeping move early on, with Antoine Semenyo scoring to put the Cherries ahead. Evanilson then slid in a second on the counter-attack after the break to put the home team clear - and just a short spell on from them beating Arsenal too - and despite a late consolation from Josko Gvardiol, Bournemouth hung on to win.
Combined with Liverpool beating Brighton, it meant City fell into second place and missed the chance to open a bigger gap to Arsenal, who had lost earlier in the day at Newcastle. Follow all the Premier League reaction with our live blog below:
Bournemouth team news
Here’s how the Cherries line up for the visit of City this afternoon
Bournemouth XI: Travers, Smith, Zabarnyi, Senesi, Kerkez, Christie, Cook, Tavernier, Kluivert, Semenyo, Evanilson
Man City team news
Rico Lewis is benched by Pep Guardiola as Josko Gvardiol is fit to start at left-back after an injury concern. Phil Foden is also handed another start as Erling Haaland leads the line.
Man City XI: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Ake, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Bernardo, Gundogan, Nunes, Foden, Haaland
AFC Bournemouth vs Manchester City
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